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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@tardigrada Don't mistake any of this for me saying "we shouldn't try", of course we should. This needs to be a topic of conversation always, maybe the needle will slowly move.

But as long as you've got a large portion of the country in love with stockpiling firearms and ammunition, and a mental health crisis to go with it, this will continue to happen and politicians will continue to wring their hands.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

@tardigrada Their solution will be to turn the schools into fortresses, which the pretty much already are, and this still continues to happen. And it won't address workplace and public mass shootings.

The problem is a comprehensive mental health crisis, and readily available killing machines.

Have a look at what is required to amend the constitution and see why I am saying we're stuck where we are now on the topic of gun control.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

@tardigrada Unfortunately I think he's right. If nothing changed after Sandy Hook, nothing will ever change. If some psychopatch rolling into an elementary school and killing 30 people, 20 of whom were only 6-7 years old didn't galvanize this country, this topic is settled in my opinion.

Everybody talked a good game for a while about the tragedy but we've got politicians elected who think the whole thing was fake.

I predict nothing more than thoughts and prayers for this one as well.