My daughter was 38 when she passed away from Covid-related Pneumonia in 2020 and as tough as that loss was I don’t think I could bare the loss of an 8-year old from a senseless, violent act like that which happened in Minneapolis recently. That mass shooting was just one of some 90 mass shootings in August and one of nearly 300 this year alone.
Mass shooters are deemed mentally unstable which has some validity to that claim but the lax laws in most states make the purchase of these weapons fairly easy by those who have no record of mental instability. Even if there was, guns could still be purchased illegally but in most cases, more difficult than purchasing them openly from a licensed dealer. Data shows that the highest rates of gun crimes, including suicides, tend to occur in the states with lax laws.
The old argument that claims car accidents cause more deaths than guns hasn’t been true since 2015.(3) Efforts to legislate sane gun control measures is always met with opposition from the powerful gun lobbyists and their advocates in Congress and state legislatures. They put profits over the gun epidemic in the U.S. that has one of the highest rate of gun deaths per capita and where they rate #1 in gun ownership.
We can make our schools and neighborhoods safer without denying sane, reasonable people their 2nd amendment rights. We just lack the will and leadership to make it happen.
