re: #47 Targetpractice

I’d like to believe that, but I stopped believing it 61 odd public shootings ago. Here in VA, after the Virginia Tech shooting, what did the public talk about it? Did talk gun control? Sure, as in they thought there was too much and what we needed was free-fire zones on college campuses. Needed to allow students to come to class armed, that teachers needed to be armed, and we needed to turn college campuses into fortresses so that we could avoid future shootings.

We as a nation can’t have a discussion until the day that the “If everybody was armed…” argument is buried 6 feet under.

It’s the particular dead that makes me think this. That, and the way the president spoke today.

Shootings at high schools and colleges give the illusion of adults - of people who ‘could have done something’.

A kindergarten class? It grabs very, very hard.

You could be right, and in fact I agree enough I don’t think we’ll have changes started this time. But I think we’ll have enough this time - especially has frequently as these have been happening recently - that change is possible.