Look, America’s gun culture and laws are ####ing nuts. And the lobbyists and politicians who thwart gun control measures deserve nothing but contempt.
But focusing on these high-profile deranged rampages in public places distorts the picture of gun violence in the U.S. Horrific as they are, they make up only a small fraction of firearms homicides. The great majority take place in distressed neighbourhoods, and are carried out by young men who habitually engage in criminal behaviour. The accounts below give a good context for common fatal shootings.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2...al-day-weekend
Even if measures to restrict legal access to firearms passed in every state tomorrow (a fantasy, but let’s pretend), there are so many guns already in the U.S. that it would take 10, 20 years for those measures to substantially reduce the availability of firearms. And the last people to be affected would be those who are doing most of the killing today. 36
thousand illegal handguns were taken off the streets of Chicago in recent years, and that has not stopped that city from setting records for shootings and homicides.
In the meantime, the people who live in the communities where dozens of people are shot every month want something done
now. They want police arresting the bad guys. Which explains the disparity in the opinions shown below.
https://www.americansurveycenter.org...e-on-the-left/