My observation is the anti-2A (anti gun) crowd believe these occurrences don’t affect responsible gun owners as deeply. My further observation is these occurrences affect the responsible more deeply than the others.
When we deal with cars killing people we focus on the people who were responsible. WRT mass shootings we tend to focus on the guns. Why? As JSA said it’s mainly ignorance about guns and responsible ownership.
I grew up hunting, lots of guns in the home, solid safety training; one sister became a decorated marksman(person). Virtually every home in the town had guns and I can’t recall one single murder by gun in this small town.
As I previously stated, my only practical input is to focus on the mentally-Ill and ‘at risk’ individuals and their access. As evidenced in Australia, this may not reduce mass killings but it’s likely to reduce mass shootings IMHO.
When we deal with cars killing people we focus on the people who were responsible. WRT mass shootings we tend to focus on the guns. Why? As JSA said it’s mainly ignorance about guns and responsible ownership.
I grew up hunting, lots of guns in the home, solid safety training; one sister became a decorated marksman(person). Virtually every home in the town had guns and I can’t recall one single murder by gun in this small town.
As I previously stated, my only practical input is to focus on the mentally-Ill and ‘at risk’ individuals and their access. As evidenced in Australia, this may not reduce mass killings but it’s likely to reduce mass shootings IMHO.