"If you expect a nation to be ignorant and free,
. . . you expect what never was and can never be."
- Thomas Jefferson
Unfortunately, for over 100 years, Americans haven't been taught their true history or the nature of their government. They know next to nothing of our founding documents including the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights. And, they know nothing of the historical perspective of the founders & framers of our government. The founders knew history, and sought to form a government that might avoid abuse of the citizenry. That is, one that would encourage Liberty.
Americans also havent been taught how to think for at least 100 years. They know nothing of evidence, logic, and rhetoric. They are numerically and statistically ignorant.
The odds are greater to be struck by lightening, than be a victim of a mass shooting. The numbers for the last 10 years are readily available for these two occurances, few seem to think to look them up. Or, they have no idea what they may mean. They are lead along by emotionalism and propaganda, (the rhetoric).
This should be an easy matter to settle. We're looking at highly rare & unlikely events. It would make more sense to 'enact new laws' to reduce the risks of being struck by lightening. Does anyone see that ?
In fact, violent gun crime has declined by almost 50% over the last 20 years. And none of the proposals would make any difference in this - in the same way that the 'scary' features addressed in the AWB on certain rifles, made no difference either. An informed citizenry would easily see through all this.
And then they would restate the reasons certain founders insisted that the Bill of Rights and the 2nd Amendment be added to the US Constitution. And everyone would recognize and understand that.