JuliusHackebeil said:
If children frequently shot to death is not enough, you really have to ask what it would take. What would it take for a yes to mandatory training and basic background checks? Where is the bar if it is not at dead children?
I get that countries and cultures are different. And what worked in one place at one time does not mean it will work in the US right now. But if people are not a 100 % sure that more robust gun controll wouldn't decrease the number of dead children, than we owe it to them to at least try.
Try it for a few years. 10 years say - is that so much to ask for in the face of this horror? And when things don't show improvment, just go back to handing them out like candy.
And even if the improvement is not particularly staggering - what is the harm in trying? That less guns get into the hands of unstable ass clowns? That the government can make sure that gun owners are sane, safe and responsible? You would want such people as protectors, right? Trained people who can judge a situation and not somebody who hears a fart, gets scared and blows his own head off.
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There is nothing that will result in change. There just isn't. To your point, dead children aren't enough... and if that isn't enough, what is? The answer is nothing. Absolutely nothing. Sandy Hook happened 10 years ago and here we are.
There is nothing that will convince Americans to restrict firearms. Nothing. They would rather die in the streets than give up guns. Perhaps this sounds absurd to non Americans, but this is reality in the States.
