Watching these threads is always an experience for a non-American for a variety of reasons.
The rest of the world occasionally has a problem with people committing mass murders with guns, and they fix it by making it harder for angry/unbalanced individuals to get mass-killing guns.
Canada had one a few decades ago, and we made a bunch of laws that made that sort of thing way harder to accomplish.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_massacre#Gun_controlAnd, as a result, Canadians are not any "less free" for having to get certified and licensed in order to own their guns.
But when we try to look at such laws in the U.S., we get met with this strange, disconnected screed from the pro-gun, NRA, 2A crowd.
1. There are already too many guns. It's too late to do anything.-- But many of these killers buy their guns just before they commit their murders, so regulation would help
2. The real solution is good guys with guns.-- That didn't help in the recent murders. In New York, the available good-guy was killed. In Texas recently, and in other cases, the police apparently stood by and waited, since they didn't want to get shot.
3. The Second Amendment says..-- It's an amendment. That means a "change". You can change it again, or amend it further to at least check for mental issues and criminal backgrounds.
4. Large magazine capacity weapons are part my hobby/identity etc.-- Get a new hobby, or get properly licensed for this one.
The worst part, to me, is the number of people who just refuse to discuss solutions.
Firearms injury is now the leading cause of child death in the United States:
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2201761And the solutions are? Nothing? No training? No regulation? More "good guys with guns" even though you don't want to test for who the "good guys" are or force them to take courses to make sure they know how to be safe? I mean, hell, my son is taking lessons in how to use a drone, and there are courses, tests and licensing requirements for that.
As long as the portion of your population which loves its guns and is scared of "the government stealing my guns" gets to set the debate, though, I agree that nothing will happen. You shouldn't be giving up because of that, though, but instead try to defeat those arguments and vote like - I don't know - it's the leading cause of death of your children.
Toque.