Why the NRA wins. (4)

[NYC_SKP]

8. In the most perverse way, a shooting incident or incidents, especially at a school....

Has a profound effect on people.

My reaction is one of sadness with the divisive level of communication among different camps.

Others' reactions seem, sometimes, to be disturbingly, shall I say, opportunistic or animated.

I can't say more than this about that.

In the end, as most of us paying attention understand, we are seeing a demonstrable drop in violent gun crime and even fewer mass shootings (but for the tricky changes in definition and data collection), and more legislation passed that favors a second amendment than laws that do not.