If you can’t muster the political support to effect change, then you lose.

Don’t forget it’s also completely disrespectful to politicize the deaths of children at the hands of a gunman, but trying to breach the subject after something like this is just silly because the law worked and everybody was saved!

“Anti-gun lobby” is about as much a strawman as “Anti-GG”. You’re people in favor of gun control these days would be the multitude of America citizens tired of seeing the same excuses from gun lobbyists after every. Fucking. Shooting.

Remember, being emotional about a bunch of school kids who were ripped apart by gunfire is NOT OK and has no place in the debate! But being an Ammosexual who freaks out and starts screaming if anyone mentions even the mildest gun control measures isn’t an example of excess emotionalism at all - that’s JUST FINE.

Look, man, as soon as people stop using guns to kill other people then we’ll maybe have breathing room to start a conversation about how we can maybe stop so many people from using guns to kill other people. Otherwise, it’s just too soon.

That’s the problem. A situation arises, and people start wanting to get the ball going.