I feel like gun fans are trying to have it both ways. Why are semi-automatic rifles common targets for gun control advocates? Well, they make the news. So mayb

I feel like gun fans are trying to have it both ways. Why are semi-automatic rifles common targets for gun control advocates? Well, they make the news. So maybe people need to recognize that handguns are far more deadly. But wait: We don't want those banned either because we like them for self defense. So keeping the public ignorant so we can operate in an infinite "well, actually.." loop is preferable. But I can see why this research is scary: someone should take a close look at the impact mass shootings have on our social fabric compared to say, random violence. Sandy Hook Shooting claimed the lives of 28 people, most of them children. But afterwards, there's been multiple suicides from the parents of their kids. In no small part because of nutty conspiracy theories that they're all crisis actors. Or, again touching on Sandy Hook, why was Adam Lanzas mother, an NRA-trained gun owner and enthusiast, permitting her troubled son access to dangerous firearms while knowlingly letting his mental health go untreated. Again, I'm not a member of the club, but I'd love for a sociologist to explore and understand gunowner's reasoning around stuff like that.