It's a thick and murky issue Matt. From a sister Commonwealth Country it is near impossible to understand why the math and the logic of empirical statistics fails to sway a cultural phenomena. But fails it does...

Ironically, the most stalwart and vociferous of protecting the 2nd amendment are probably the people who are not crazy "gun-loving-nuts" but people who want to "own," themselves, the last line of defense against intrusive harm.

It's fucking crazy though, what's happening week after week, and i don't wish to defend my ideas against better ones, i just wanted to add a perspective -- from a guy in Canada!