It seems every day the U.S. goes through the
same cycle: a mass shooting, followed by the
left calling for reasonable gun control, with
the right misinterpreting it as a complete
assault on 2nd Amendment rights. The funny thing
is noone with any real support in Congress or
the White House is calling for a complete ban on guns, yet that is the myth
being spun by gun lobbies, who want Americans to believe they have to be armed
to the teeth to ward off a coming dictatorship-so they can sell guns. The truth
is that you would need ballistic missiles, robot soldiers, warplanes, etc.,
etc.; in other words, advanced high-tech military weaponry to do that, and those
are weapons ordinary Americans will never have access to anyway.
On the other hand, I agree
that the shooters, not the guns, are truly the real issue to be dealt with. Passing
reasonable gun control measures like background checks and banning assault-style
weapons won't stop mass shootings from happening, but they may stop a few here
and there. Such measures are at least a statement by the government that it
won't aid, embed or expedite mass shootings.