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holy crap i never even thought about giving my guns names. especially a name as awesome as 'Pinkalicious'. thanks for the idea little one!

Yeeech!-Dull-Thumbs-up for the gun debate

I am not pro or anti gun. I just think that the USA could never alter their culture so radically to abolish guns. It would be as alien to them as no more baseball, football, burgers or redneck jokes . The alternative? Restrictions on certain weapons might help. Better checks might help. But legislation will never stop a lone, crazed, lunatic. Tragic to say, but I believe that indiscriminate killing will go on as long as we exist.

never say never.

you don't honestly think that if there were a continuous stream of shootings that people wouldn't change their attitude towards guns?

Hell, there would probably be a period where even more people started getting guns out of fear (already happening) but as more shootings occur, it would be shown that more concealed carry holders don't necessarily stop shit like this happening. A CC holder will eventually accidentally shoot an innocent instead of the active shooter if it hasn't happened already and LaPierre's myth of "only thing that can stop an armed bad guy is an armed good guy" will be shattered.

yeah I think it's likely that a sustained stream of unnecessary death and carnage will slowly change people minds, but it's the standard meme of "it gets worse before it gets better" a lot of people are going to have to die to educate people that maybe only those with significant and continuous training should have weapons.

It will also be another cliche of how politicians typically never change their mind unless it happens to them. You put a chickenhawk politician in the trenches of war, suddenly he's not so supportive of war. Take a politician that has been anti-gay and give them a gay family. suddenly their opinion changes. Take a politician who is anti-abortion and force them to make a choice between the life of the baby and life of the mother and guess what, their opinions will probably change.

So never say things will never change.