Yeah, but that tends to support my argument. They were police states and now they are functioning democracies with gun control. I’m very aware of how our anti-communism policies propped up the KMT in Taiwan, the Fourth Republic in Korea and the Pinochet regime in Chile.
Wait and registration isn’t a fix-all but it might prevent certain crimes “of passion” (and I’m not using that in the strict legal sense). I’m wondering if we could have a different mental health trigger if a certain number of firearms are purchased in a certain time period. I know the NRA will squawk at that but if someone is trying to build an arsenal legally to conduct a massacre, it could be a deterrent. Again, lots of different ways to approach this if people are willing to talk about it.
I don’t know how to fix these random shootings when “law abiding” people get angry. I guess as a society we’re willing to live with those costs.