Mental healthcare and the ease with which people are getting their hands on firearms both need to be adressed.
In Australia, you need to go through a whole process before you're allowed to own a firearm. As a result, we've gone decades without a mass shooting and I've still been able to send plenty of lead downrange.
The idea that the US doesn't have a similar system on the federal level seems absurd to me, but how else are all these insane people getting their hands on firearms?
The only people with firearms should be people who have proven that they can use them safely and responsibly. The US already does the same with other dangerous tools like cars, after all.
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