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About guns. Deal with it.

  Guns. I know, you just reacted. Everyone does.  Let's get into it, and you can agree or not.  Do we have too many mass shootings? Of course, any is too many.  Do a lot of people who should never touch a firearm own them? If you're sane, you answer yes.  Do we have a Second Amendment that's unique in the world? Yes. And it has been misinterpreted by the Supreme Court and turned into a massive social problem. We have made firearms available to every adult even if they're untrained, irresponsible, near-demented, or simply too stupid to be trusted.    And the NRA and its allies keep telling us it's not the guns, it's the people using them. That's actually hard to argue with, because inanimate objects aren't capable of determining how they are used. But if we can outlaw lawn darts, why can't we outlaw the Bump Stock, a device that's added to a semi-automatic rifle and effectively turns it into a fully automatic weapon?  If no other argument exists, ...