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In reply to the discussion: Haven't seen an OP calling for gun control in response to this murder [View all]RandomNumbers
(19,042 posts)But we know enough about how well planned this crime was, to presume that this shooter was motivated and organized enough to find a way around any kind of reasonable gun control measures.
I am projecting that this innate understanding by many here, would be why "we need gun control" doesn't come immediately to mind in this case.
I don't think it has anything to do with the apparent callousness that I have noticed and also mentioned - and that is only among a few, and probably mostly due to inexact language rather than true callousness, anyway. It is instead because many of us would not see gun control as relevant here.
Reasonable folks can disagree. That's fine. I'm just supplying an explanation why this topic hasn't been prominently raised with regard to this event.
Also, as someone else on the thread noted, this shooter didn't use the equipment we are usually thinking about restricting - assault weapons and large magazines. (Because those are used in mass shootings. Which this wasn't.)