Firstly, any life lost is a life lost and deserves utmost sympathy. Given the nature of their deaths, they deserve more sympathy and heartfelt condolences. Having said that, I think media (again driven by their understandong of what sells and what does not) is trying to overhype this issue. Mr/Ms. Dasgupta is right to an extent when he/she says this is not the most important issue facing the country. For one, a drunkard who ran over 6 pavement dwellers has been Let's move on to something more relevant to Indians. We might as well be discussing some nerdy topic on next generation computers - as relevant to us here as this topic is. US Gun laws are obviously important to US citizens and have a background to that group of this world's population. Let's not comment on unknown topics!