Narrow bit of hope

[zipplewrath]

I don't see much changing in the short term, but as these incidents pile up, more and more young people will go into adulthood wondering why their schools had to be so dangerous. I can see a day on the horizon where they will NOT want their kids going through what they did. Yes, nationally right now, these incidents seem to fade into the background. But I can attest that locally, it lingers much longer. There are still regular Pulse stories here in Central Florida. There are lawsuits, and criminal charges, and first responders and survivors that make the news on a regular basis about the lingering affects. There are still yard signs and bumper stickers and murals to remind us. I suspect we are about a generation or two away from having a voter population that remembers the reality, and not the NRA spin about "good guys with a gun".

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

1. I thought so as well

But it doesn't match what I see among my age group and younger. Nor does it seem to match what pollsters are seeing.

[link:https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/12/are-millennials-moving-right-on-guns-215703|

[zipplewrath]

2. Too early by far

I wouldn't expect to see much for at least another generation, if not two. We are becoming more urban, which will be one affect. And gun ownership continues to decline, which will be another. In the '60s, there was wide drug use. It took basically until about now for legalized marijuana to come around. Civil rights really started after WWI and took until the '60s to become vastly more mainstream. It'll probably be until 2050 before there is concrete and significant change.