Originally Posted by Kevsh

The reason you can still buy guns is because of the incredibly powerful and influential NRA protecting your right to bear arms. The bill of rights can be changed, but it will never happen sadly.

Wasn't it just a week or so ago someone posted an article bragging about how gun violence was down in the USA? Going on a rant about how ignorant anti-gun lobbyists were.

Well whenever something like this happens, I say: Go tell the families of the victims that gun violence is down ... and the article/ideas posted re: gun violence being down while # of guns are up is like a 500-pound man saying he doesn't have a weight problem because he's lost 10 pounds in the last year, even though he eats more...