Why are folks more concerned about guns than the loss of lives!

[The Straight Story]

13. Well, here is an idea

Back when I was managing data centers we had them across the country. Each one had it's own way of tracking things. Our own tools. What worked for us here in Ohio didn't for the folks in Illinois and Texas.

A few of the site managers were buddies with the director and found one tool they wanted us all to use. Even though the tool we made ourselves met 92% of the needs of all the data centers and theirs only 83% they were convinced theirs was the best way so that we all had the same interface, etc.

Their idea won. Then failed as many centers had to use two software tools to track anything.

Eventually my idea won out (years later) - have all the sites come together to create a minimum standard and use that as a template. Then each center could build their tool around that and add in anything they needed for their site.

Upper management could get the data they needed and we got what we needed even though it looked and felt different, sometimes even within the same state.

When it comes to background checks work on setting a federal standard. Not administered by the feds, not run by them, etc (though we all know they will collate that data in their fusion centers....) Such legislation mandating some standards should pass easily, then each state can adopt that and add to it as they see fit.

In wyoming gun ownership is close to 60%. Gun related murders per 100,000 is 0.9. In Ohio it is 2.7 per 100k with 32.4% owning guns. Different states have different issues and one big band aid won't fix the issues in such a diverse country.