Ultimately, the 2nd Amendment is the root of the problem - if you consider the problem to be the number of gun deaths and/or the number of mass shootings in the United States.
As long as the 2nd Amendment is in place, any and all restrictions on firearms or accessories are at risk of being found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Get an assault weapons ban in place? A poorly worded ban, or an unfriendly (or friendly depending on your perspective) Supreme Court and that ban is history. Restrictions on modifications, magazine sizes, extra background checks? Again, it's not that hard to imagine conservative, textualist jurists deciding those restrictions infringe on the right of people to keep and bear arms.
In addition, given the United States political construction as a Federalist Union of States, the inevitable variation of gun laws from State to State and municipality to municipality renders local efforts almost completely moot: see Chicago's efforts to curb handgun violence.
It is entirely obvious, based on the actions of Americans, that they don't actually care that tens of thousands of people die from guns every year. They don't care about mass shootings and they don't care about the victims of gun violence. Sure, they claim to care. They'll lower flags and have a moment of silence and talk about how people they disagree with are disgustingly politicizing the event "before the bodies are cold" (Sean Hannity). They'll claim to introspect and be heartbroken and pray and memorialize but they'll do nothing of any consequence.
America, you actually want fewer people to die from guns, and for there to be fewer mass shootings? Then you need to at least start talking about repealing the 2nd Amendment.
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