The thing with gun control is that while it might stop a few impulse crimes it won't stop someone who really wants a gun - there are just too many of them. But I think that misses the real point of gun control, which is to change people's attitudes about guns. I look at cigarettes - they are still legal and only a bit harder to get but decades of increasing regulation and advertising have made them socially unacceptable. Drinking and driving - booze and cars are more available than ever but awareness is through the roof. Wearing seat belts, the list goes on.
A change in societal attitudes over several generations is what it's going to take to get the situation under control. It starts with people standing up and saying THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE and taking real steps, even if they have no immediate effect.
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