This discussion is about parental responsibility regarding guns. To allow it to degenerate into partisan flag-waving accomplishes only one thing.
Reuters, in a recent article, states: "Lankford's study found that the "deadliest" shootings comprised 25% of mass public shootings from 1966 to 2009, but from 2010 to 2019 had increased to 50% of mass public shootings, in which there was "direct evidence that perpetrator was influenced by another specific attacker or attackers." (''Copycat' mass shootings becoming deadlier, experts warn after New York attack", Tim Reid and Kanishka Singh, reuters dot com, May 15, 2022)
In other words, there are few if any ways to assure the continuity of such shootings, than rancorous public discussions, especially that which concerns "military style" weapons. It doesn't take much to tip an unsocialized kid over the edge, than the guarantee that his name will be national news AND associated with an AR-style weapon.
Is it really worth more shootings, to have such discussions?
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