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As a immigrant in the United States, I'll start by saying the US is far safer from gun violence than my home country. The school shooting phenomenon does seem very American, however gun violence goes well beyond these acts. But the issue isn't so much public will. 80% of Americans want increased gun control. The problem is a flawed and broken democratic system, where the will of the people is subject to gerrymandering, and rural voters in small states having more power than the rest of the country. 60% of senators represent 20% of the population. And an electoral college to override popular elections. There's also a primary system that elevates Iowa to the most important state in presidential elections. A tiny state of rural white farmers.

The electoral college is like an extremely cruel and stupid prank.

It's not just "normal" guns though is it. It's those high powered military assault rifles that NRA folks convince themselves are necessary for " self defence". As if any member of the public has any business having access to a weapon that can explosively destroy children's heads in one shot so their loved ones can't even see the body.

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Lou Cam, I'm a non-american. Even if the high powered military assault rifles were banned, out of the hands of regular civilians, it would leave all the other types of guns and rifles that can kill or severely injure people. I don't understand how that would solve the problem. Help it, but not solve it.

It’s a matter of how fast it fires and the capacity of the magazine. There is no reason for anyone to have anything resembling an AR.

Right now help is great! Then we can work on the rest

@lakota: then, Shady Vance had the nerve to stand behind a bulletproof shield and say school shootings are "just a fact of life." i have never been so enraged in my life! #VOTEBLUE

HE DID THAT? ABSOLUTE F*CKWAD

Vote blue! Always!

Moved out if the Washington, DC area because i was watching the news and a murder was not the top story on the local news. I am a gun owner because i live rural. It is not an assault rifle. It is in a safe. I am glad the parents are being held accountable. The kid is just a kid and one could argue mental illness but the parents should have known better. I used to laugh at the hone school movement ( takes training to be a teacher ) but i would teach my kids at home rather than have them think active shooter drills are normal. It keeps hapoenning because corporations ( nra, gun shops, gun manufactures, ) are more powerful than the people. So they have convinced huge amount of people that one restriction means all will be gone. Funny, we decided yelling fire in crowded theatre was enough of a possibility of a threat to human life that banning it was not a first admendment issue. Its not like we had decades of this before we banned it. But guns? No restrictions! Ugh.

It is really quite terrible.. this has happened within the first couple days that school started for the whole country. And my 11-year-old daughter is about to start middle school on Monday. And Sandy Hook happened when I was pregnant with her, and I thought "what world am I bringing this child into..??" and I cried so much. I am scared. And I know many other parents are. Many other people are. It's so wrong.... it's so sad....

I was reading Ursula K Le Guin's Flying Squirrels page - she is sadly dead so no more updates - and as item #32 she has something called 'The Daily Ho-Hum', which is a headline starting with 'Today's School Shooting' [https://www.ursulakleguin.com/flying-squirrels]

It just boggled my mind that any parent, let alone this father, would buy a 14 year-old an AR-15 for Christmas! WTAF!!!

And the boy was all of 13 when his dad gave him the AR type gun. I’m glad that at least parents are being charged now, but c’mon… Can’t we nip this in the bud already??

The parents have separated. First the family was evicted even though the rent was up to date. Then the mom left, taking the two younger kids with her. Colt - such an ironic first name - and his dad found a place to live. If the rent was paid up but the family was still evicted it makes me wonder what was actually the reason for the eviction.

She's got a long arrest record. Possibly abusive

We made similar changes in Australia when the Port Arthur massacre happened and that wasn't even a school. I was very young when it happened so I don't remember but I went to the site earlier this year and it was haunting. I know here we have things like referendums to lead to law change if the government wasn't able to just bring in a bill the regular way, but I'm not sure if there are similar processes in the US.

We did the same in New Zealand after the Mosque murders in Christchurch. No debate, no argument, no time wasting just an immediate ban.

Huddo's sister, I was much older than you when the Port Arthur massacre took place. That the changes to gun laws happened after one mass shooting was tremendous, that it happened so quickly was amazing, but knowing it was the Prime Minister who started the campaign and made sure it happened is unforgettable.