America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA) ...a letter from Michael Moore

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152. analogy fail

Let me help you here since you seem to be struggling.

If Newtown = Bath then
Assault weapons = Explosives

Both were school massacres, one involved the use of an "assault weapon", one involved the use of explosives. Clearly, banning dynamite did not prevent subsequent heinous acts involving the use of explosives as evidenced by the bombings at University of Wisconsin and Oklahoma City, among others. Banning assault weapons would very likely have a similar lack of impact in preventing subsequent mass killings, as there are any number of other weapons that can be employed, including the use of explosives, as an alternative. I realize that you don't like the idea that crazy people are likely to whatever means that they can to kill people, if that's what they decided they want to do but unfortunately, that is reality.

You want to address the root cause, I suggest that you put your efforts into supporting better mental health support infrastructure, it's likely to have more tangible results.