Fly kinda hit the head on the nail for me as well. In addition to his statements, I'll add a little more. 150 years ago, we got our meat from either raising cattle/pork or hunting for it. Many of our grand parents went out to the back forty to shoot that nights dinner. Kids tagged along and we're taught how to provide. Therefore they associated guns with the taking of life. They were taught that pulling the trigger had consequences and they knew what those were.
Today, too many kids learn about guns through video games. Or even worse, they don't at all. Accidents then happen out of curiosity. Dad buys a gun he doesn't himself know how to even use. Then he loads it and hides it in the closet. Son then has friend over and takes friend into parents bedroom to show him his dads cool gun. We all know what happens next.
I don't know what the answer is to all this violence, but I don't believe more control is going to fix anything. Statistics prove that. Just look at DC, Chicago or Canada. Then look at Arizona. I do think we need to improve gun education. Maybe require training. Most of these terrible crimes are done by people other than the owners of the guns. Maybe there should be laws requiring gun safes or locking mechanisms. But then I suppose your limiting the ability to have one for self defense. Increase wait times and certainly stop the ability for private to private cash sales without a backround check might help.
Unfortunately none of this will be talked about though. It will be one side screaming for bans and the other demanding the 2nd amendment right. We need common sense solutions that all sides can agree upon instead of politicizing a trajedy.
