I came home from seeing the first screening of “The Hobbit,” wanting to write a review that countered much of the negative reviews I have read so far. Then I found out that during the showing, some 27 people, mostly children, were killed in yet another mass shooting spree.

To think I recoiled at the behavior of make-believe monsters in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, while a real-life monster, nay, a male human, methodically killed some 20 children and 6 adults in an elementary school.

This after the mall shooting that left two innocents dead just the other day.

And the Aurora movie theater killings.

And Rep. Gabby Giffords.

And Virginia Tech.

And Columbine.

Yet we don’t need gun control? Guns don’t kill people, bullets do —  is that it?

There are 88 guns per 100 people in America. Do the math.

At what point do we at least limit the arsenal? The super clips? The assault rifles? The stealthy handguns? The gun-show loopholes? The Freudian grip?

Oh, I know the NRA tack: People will find other ways to kill. Duh. But one person killing 30 people (kids?) with a knife? Hand-to-hand combat is hardly an effective means to inflict maximum death. That’s why guns were invented. Again, duh.

Guns are just too easy. Point. Shoot. Dead. So easy. Especially in the heat of the moment. Or in the mindset of a maniac.

Gun control ain’t about stopping legal, honorable hunting or self-protection. It’s about common (expletive) sense.

Kris Kucera, Lisbon