I hate to be pessimistic about gun control
But based upon past experiences and the posts I see on FB today, I think we have a much bigger problem.
The right is bat shit fucking crazy, they are petulant fucking children, horrible, horrible people.
I live in Southern Cal, grew up in AZ. So when a major event occurs it is always the same, a day of silence (the idiot talking heads haven't given them the message yet) followed the next day by posts deriding Obama. (They got their talking points)
A couple of things, I expect the AZ crew to always come up with bat shit crazy stuff, they proudly vote for Sheriff Joe and likely believe Obama is a Muslim.
A good many of the CA folks are Evangelical Christians, after the Charleston shooting last year, and the family members forgiving Dylann Roof, I was very interested on how these people would respond. Not a single response, NOT ONE FUCKING SINGLE RESPONSE to what was arguably the most Christian actions in decades! Liberal friends, some strong Christians, had posts or likes, but nothing from the "special" ones.
IMO here is the issue, the righties refuse to even consider any good coming out of anything from a liberal, either in actions or proposals. So global warming is fake, because they first heard it from Al Gore and liberals. Sensible gun control, NOPE, that is a left wing idea.
A post from an out of stater and her personal contact today with a neighbor brandishing a gun quickly devolved into a thread on, "he could do damage with an ax," "if we had gun control only criminals would have guns and then we couldn't protect ourselves."
The elected Republican politicians act the way they do because that is exactly the way their electorate wants them to act. It truly is a class of cultures and I don't see anything that will make them act in a manner that is Country first. To them it is and will always be Party first. We end up with them justifying their votes for Palin and now Trump and no logic, facts, or event is going to get them to change.
