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Originally Posted by thesloppy
Because the walls separating those two groups are formed out of air, and plenty of bad guys have committed mass murder with a gun that was legally purchased and owned by an adjacent and/or directly related good guy.
Secondarily we are also already crucially and intentionally failing how we handle the mentally ill and have dedicated less and less of our resources to how we manage them, and pushing gun control into that arena would most likely result in significantly less attention and resources for both issues, rather than more.
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I'm assuming you fall under total-or-near-total-ban camp.
Go after the criminals that steal the guns, spend the effort on taking guns away from the criminals. Do a 3 strikes and you are out, toss the key away.
If a gun-owner has been found negligent, fine him and/or do a 3 strikes and you are out also. Plenty of options to explore before you take away the right to own weapons.
Regarding mentally ill, I assume majority/many of mass killers are mentally unstable? Why wouldn't we put effort here to restrict gun access?