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Originally Posted by Lathum
We hear comments like this every time. Perhaps if we put measures in place after Sandy Hook, of Stoneman Douglas, this shooting wouldn't have happened.
There is no quick fix. We need a huge cultural shift as a nation away from gun fetishment. The quicker we make changes that can begin. It won't happen in a year or 5 years, but over generations but as long as we have the " would it have prevented X shooting" those changes will never be made.
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This is exactly right. This isn't a simple, "Put gun laws in place and stop mass shootings." This needs to be treated like smoking. We need a multi-generational, long-term culture change that starts with common sense restrictions. These proposed laws aren't intended to be the be-all, end-all quick fix.
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