> You take the weapons out of reach of people who would use them to do harm to others _first_, and only then can we make any progress on the issues. Translatio

> You take the weapons out of reach of people who would use them to do harm to others _first_, and only then can we make any progress on the issues. Translation: "we'll disarm who we please and demand that you wait until we're satisfied before we start tackling the actual issues driving violence and suicide" Nah, that ain't how this works. We as a society can and should be addressing the systemic causes of violent crime and suicide now; punting on that on the basis of "but bad people still have guns" is reprehensible.