Why are these videos online?

Andrew’s sister, Joanna, was killed in the 1996 Dunblane Primary School tragedy. He and his sister Ali have backed calls for tougher gun controls in the USA and marched last weekend in Edinburgh in solidarity with an anti-gun demonstration in Washington.

It should be as hard to buy parts for a gun as it is it buy one fully assembled.

There needs to be background checks to see if a person has any mental health issues.

People need to be asked why they want it, why they need it, is there something behind it?

I don’t think they should be allowed to be sold full stop but if they are then those who are buying them need to show credentials so the police can go to their house and check the home is suitable.

I think there should be restrictions on how people can upload videos showing how you reactivate a deactivated gun. Why is a person looking at a video doing this?

The likes of Youtube, Facebook and Twitter are huge platforms.

The videos are like a virus. Every time one is acted upon another pops up. There should be more effort to restrict it but I understand it is difficult.

It is a case of seeing what the content is for. If it is an old hunting rifle that can be used for wildlife control, I might not be in favour of that but I can see why it is there.

But if it is something like an AR15 then there is no good reason to reactivate that.

They should take it down and that’s what I and many other people would want but it’s a hot topic and websites will be under pressure from gun nuts in America.

It is their judgement call. Even if a video may not seem malicious, it could be used with malicious intent.