[Jeff Higgins]

I think you missinterpret our position, Tech. Most gun owners I know are all for effectively enforcing the gun aws that are currently on the books. We see that passing yet another unenforced, or seldom enforced gun law is no solution. Many recent shootings (if not most) have been carried out by folks that violated a number of laws before they even pulled the trigger. They obtained the guns illegally from unscrupulous dealers, had mental health issues that legally preclude them from owning firearms, were convicted felons out on early parole; you name it.

Accusing us of "brushing off" these tragedies is a bit callous and immature, don't you think? None of us have done that. If calling for well reasoned responses to these tragedies appears to you as some sort of brush-off, I would conclude you must be seeking a more knee-jerk sort of reaction. That is sort of the province of the hand-wringing ninnie; when reasonable people don't just go off half cocked after some reactionary, ill-conceived "solution", it must be because we just don't care.

"Gun control" can take two distinctly different forms. Passing ever more laws to appease the dimwitted into thinking our leaders are doing something (wringing hands for effect), or diligently enforcing existing laws. In many of the shootings of the last few years, the latter would have prevented the shooter from obtaining their guns. The former wouldn't have done *****.