Re: @Kiwi ... "You can [..] draw a conclusion that bad actors are going to [..] do bad things."
In 2019 there had been 255 mass shootings (>4 injured excluding the suspected perpetrator) in the USA as of yesterday.How many bombings have occurred in the same time period? Even worldwide it's fewer.
You're missing something very critical. The US has had at least 255 mass murders so far this year. Has the rest of the world had even 50 - combined? With all forms of mass murders, not just shootings - how many have occurred this year outside the US? In countries with the likes of ISIS? Massive problems with drug cartels? Pirates (in the true sense of the word)
The guns may make it easier, but there's still a fundamental problem when the rest of the world combined doesn't even begin to compete (assuming I am right in my belief that the rest of the world hasn't seen that many mass murders).
When guns aren't readily available or aren't the best method, those so inclined will switch to another tool. Some tools may be more effective than guns, once people start trying them. Some may already have been used but not counted as murders but 'accidents'.
No other country has anywhere near the same rate of mass murders as the US. Guns aren't the problem as many countries have comparable and even higher rates of gun ownership than the US. The problem is a fundamentally broken culture, and until the nation is willing to change how they think about others they have no hope of stopping the violence.
Fix the culture, and gun issues will follow. Leave the culture as it is - you could get rid of every gun, every crossbow, every arrow, every volatile chemical, every sharp or blunt object, and yanks will still find a way to kill en masse. And bleat about their right to live in mortal fear of their neighbours.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
