While I am agnostic now and have come to believe that religion has a ton of faults, I am confident that with or without religion humanity would find many new and brilliant reasons to continue killing each other. Just because somebody is an atheist, it doesn't mean that they aren't a piece of shit, born to kill asshole. Religion can certainly be a motivation to kill, but it's far from the only one. I do think that religion and the government do not mix and that this country is more messed up because it is, though. On gun control, I believe that every responsible, mentally stable civilian that has never committed a felony or a misdemeanor, should be able to own a gun. I am for stricter regulation of certain weapons, but to outlaw guns would be a massive mistake due to the sheer number of guns already in this country. It will never be a problem for a criminal to get an illegal weapon here.