The mass homicide at Sandy Hook school in 2012 was the watershed for the gun rights debate according to a British observer, whose country instituted strict gun laws after a 1987 mass shooting. Australia did the same in 1996. New Zealand recently banned assault weapons after a March massacre in Christchurch. The British journalist wrote, “Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over.” How much longer will 'Merica continue to pay the cost of unregulated gun ownership in human lives? You decide*.
*The gun lobby spent more than $55 million to elect Il Douche and NRA allies in Congress. Political hacks for the gun industry attempt to frame the problem of mass shootings as a mental health one. NOT. So why would a society continue to provide guns to a populace with high rates of mental illness, if to do so endangers its safety? Answer: the historical anachronism this society is saddled with is being cynically used as a cover for profit making. No sane hunter or marksman needs a semiautomatic military weapon with 100 round magazines--a violent white supremacist bent on eliminating the "infestation" with high rates of fire, does. Even Hitler was sane! The Heller decision, admittedly 5-4, states that bans on "dangerous or unusual weapons" such as machine guns, and imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms” are constitutionally permissible. It is time.