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All fair points. I shouldn’t let my frustration get carried away.
I am coming to think that any solution has to start from such a “reformatting.” When I was in college, there was a triple murder in town, some kid killing his family. It was big gossip for a couple days. But that was it. No Discourse about changes to be made, and certainly no national headlines. That “normal” sociology covers it just fine.
Is it possible to push mass shootings into that category? If state-level media mentioned it in passing and national-level didn’t at all, that might help bring public perception in line with the actual lack of threat. I’m not sure.
I would be interested in hearing what other “reformat” options you have in mind. I could see reducing personal ownership, but instating city and state arsenals and training would fit the idea of a “well-regulated militia.”
Let them keep happening without doing anything :v
I'm being facetious but also not - as far as I can tell, most mass shooters are pursuing notoriety or revenge against society, so if the broader reaction is a shrug, the appeal will fall off. But you can't persuade people to act like that, which really only leaves acquired exhaustion.
Not terribly far off that. Club/civic organization/municipal-centric models preserve recreational uses and keep ownership away from direct federal control while making it harder for guns to leak out to criminals, would be mass shooters, etc... If the revolution kicks off, you can all raid the club's ammo locker on the grounds that we're past enforcing gun laws, but in the mean time if Psycho Dave wants to go for a drive with a pair of rifles and 25,000 rounds of ammunition his club mates can see that and step in. I don't care if people want to own assault rifles or go hunting, but I also have a pretty negative view of everyday carry of firearms, especially open carry.
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