PascalsWager said:
Liberals are wrong on the gun issue.
Conservatives are ALSO wrong on the gun issue.
Guns are not a problem. But people with guns are also not a real problem. Even bad guys with guns are barely a problem.
You're not going to die in a mass shooting. Your kid isn't going to die in a mass shooting as school. You're not ever going to be shot at. Knock on wood if you want, but the probabilities are extremely low. So low that other things of such low probabilities you don't even think about much less prepare for. You can live your ENTIRE life in America without even seeing a gun outside of it being attached to a cop's hip.
Guns are an irrelevancy in America. Outside some niche areas and situations. Stop trying to fix problems that don't exist. Its not the guns, its not the mental health, its not the godlessness, its NOTHING.
According to the New England Journal of Health, firearm related injury is the number 1 cause of death for kids in America. No - did not say mass shooting. Not even homicide. Just firearm related injury.
Every other cause of death, there is either significant regulation (motor vehicle incident, drug overdose), a disease, or drowning/fire or burns.
For some reason, if we can regulate danger in these major areas we do. We require drivers license, tests, patrolmen watching highways giving out tickets. We require pill bottles to be child-proof for everyone, we require prescriptions for medicine that might be dangerous.
I actually agree with you that the chances of your child dying in mass murder by unknown assailant is low. I am not advocating guns to be banned. I do think putting the same effort at regulating guns as we do pill bottles can be made better for the safety of all.