so crazy thought here. maybe people who grow up with their peers getting shot in schools might grow up a little mentally fucked. like OBVIOUSLY you have to be mentally fucked to kill someone. guns just make it way easier for people to do that. fucked up people have existed forever. this isn’t some new mental health crisis. because they exist, we should make sure those people don’t get access to more powerful weapons.
Then you’re in the minority. You have never seen anyone get shot, I’ve never seen anyone get shot, it is almost certain no one reading this has ever seen someone get shot, and it’s very unlikely any of them know someone who’s seen someone get shot either. I’m not trying to minimize school shootings but to act like they’re a fact of life or something that’s been experienced by a significant fraction of the population is just ridiculous
I have seen someone get shot, my classmate killed a man over drugs. At least 20 of us saw it, and nearly every high school in my county has had a problem with kids sneaking guns into school and threatening students. They certainly are a fact of life in many places, I’m glad that wasn’t the case for you.