The gun issue is maddening. The answer is so obvious. There is absolutely no real downside to taking the only action that might have an effect on the number of mass shootings. Make assault style rifles illegal. At least make them a lot more difficult to get. Age limit? Yes! Background check? Yes! Waiting period, interview, watch list, connectivity between medical professionals and law enforcement? Yes, yes, yes, fuck yes!
Every argument against common sense gun restrictions is either illogical or just outright stupidity.
-If you take my guns then I can't overthrow the government if necessary. Answer: You can't overthrow the government with your AR as it is. Or with your 50 cal or tank or whatever in the fuck else you have. The U.S. military has puff the magic dragon and warthogs and shit. You ain't doing shit. Accept it and affect the government in the ways that are actually possible.
-I won't be able to defend my home. Answer: Bullshit. You can still own handguns and shotguns (which should also be harder to get, but not impossible). Plenty of firepower to blow away a burglar, in the unlikely event it ever happens.
-My right to own firearms is protected by the Constitution. Answer: Yes, it may well be. However, we live in a different time than when the Constitution was drafted. Do you honestly think that the framers, if they could see the shit that is happening now, wouldn't add a couple of qualifiers to 2A? If you don't believe that then you are being willfully ignorant. Things change, policy and laws have to change to adapt. To believe that one single document written 200 years ago is infallible and can effectively address every single conceivable situation possible under the sun is just crazy. Yes, it's a great, historic legal document. Changing it should be very, very hard and should not be taken lightly, but when the situation calls for it, like, say, when hundreds of schoolchildren are murdered in cold blood as a direct consequence of the easy access to firearms, then that is the right situation for change.
I'm not going to continue. It's maddening. It's sickening. I'm beginning to hate all politicians. Whatever. It all boils down to guns vs. lives. Choose.