I used to be completely anti-gun, but the problem with ANY gun control laws now is any law-abiding terrorist (prior to the terrorist act he commits) will be able to get guns anyways so making it “harder” I don’t think will stop the violence in and of itself. 1 “clean” buyer can buy a ton of guns and give it to all this evil friends. Yes, he might get caught after the fact, but with enough funding, and the possibility that he’d be one of the shooters, he isn’t going to care that he just gave tens of guns to more people.

Like in France, I think America will have citizens who don’t have a criminal record simply going to get guns legally and commit violent acts.

Also, I think a lot more people than we realize own guns already (maybe ask your family/friends).

People who I never thought would have guns do.

As bad as the gun situation is, with it being in the constitution and if you lived by yourself as a smaller female, having a gun with some crazed people out there (assuming you also got a lot of shooting and gun handling training) is a good thing I think. I certainly think if, say a robber/rapist knew you were well armed in the house and knows how to use it, they will definitely look for another house to rob/attack/rape.

On the political front, looking at how bad Iraq/Syria is turning out, maybe ignoring atrocities is the easier way out. We already do it for various places in Africa (Boko Haram), etc…We never have a solution after removing a dictator and things seem to be a lot worst and the US becomes a bigger target afterwards.