The debate over guns in America is not just uniquely American because we are the only developed country who has so many guns, but because of how absolutely fucking stupid it is.
Does banning guns work? Of course it does. We can look at every other country who has done it and seen that there incidents of shooting goes down. Hell, we can look at our country during the assault weapon ban:
That's pretty clear that these bans work, especially against the horror shows in Uvalde.
Secondly, the counter arguments are also transparently stupid. The "good guy with a gun" myth should be laid to rest once we learn just how messed up the Uvalde police response was. Arming teachers? Same deal. When you have weapons of war on American streets, to the point where the police or security guards in Buffalo or Uvalde are outgunned, then we've gone around the bend.
The argument that people need weapons of war to protect themselves against a tyrannical government are so stupid it hurts me to think about it.
One moronic false equivalency was that "after 9/11 we didn't ban planes" or "cars kill more people than guns." Yeah, have you seen how much we regulate both air travel and cars?
Guns are atavistic items. They are primal. Holding a gun is an act of power. As a result, we have about 45% of Americans who think gun laws are just fine or should be even more lenient. This isn't about the NRA buying politicians, the NRA is bankrupt. This is about a deep sickness and stupidity in our country, where we think holding a murder stick is going to make us safer and more powerful, but having a society awash in guns actually has the opposite result.
Logic and evidence are all on the side of those who would restrict guns, but nothing will happen, because the other side has emotion and unreason on its side and that tells you everything you need to know about our politics.
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