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Originally Posted by opendoor
Yeah, but the US has a 200 year history of glorification of guns and violence; it's a fundamental part of their culture from the American Revolution, to the Wild West, to their violent westward expansion, and that militia ethos still exists in a large subculture. A large part of American society views guns as an integral part of their culture.
Not that laws shouldn't be changed to reduce access, but it's a much bigger battle than something like seatbelts or smoking. Even after events like these, you're still going to have millions of Americans who see any reduction in their ability to buy whatever gun they want with little restriction as an affront to their human rights.
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No doubt it's a hard fight but it starts with someone saying enough is enough. Gun control by itself may do little but it sends a message that things need to change. Slavery and racial inequality, sexual discrimination, women's rights are also decades or centuries old issues that bit by bit got turned