El Paso Shooting (Yes, Again)

[Anomalocaris]

I’m here, I’m pro gun.

Enforce existing regulations.  Fund the regulatory agencies and defend their actions in appeals.  Target specific firearms based on trace data for increased regulations while instituting a buyback on all targeted firearms.  De-militarize the vast majority of police forces and aggressively confront ethno-nationalist recruiting.  Finally, increase access to routine mental health care while hardening our schools and public venues.

( I think a ban is getting more and more likely, though, one which will fail as and for the same reasons as the last ban)

I was thinking treating guns in a similar way to how we treat tobacco would be a good idea too... in that we spam the public with ads. Just a shit ton of public information campaigns to make sure guns are being used properly and being stored properly so they're not stolen or fall into the wrong hands.

Tobacco was recognized as a primarily medical issue in a society where the medical establishment was credible and wasn’t wholly owned by big tobacco.

Guns are considered a primarily social issue in a society where no real well established social institutions that favor gun control are as well financed or as vested in gun control as those who are opposed to gun control are financed and vested in thwarting gun control.