The god of guns demands sacrifices.

https://lemmy.world/post/36647248

I mean…

To fix it we need free and available mental healthcare, a population with something they don’t want to lose, or reasonable gun laws.

None of those things have a chance of happening right now with the current government.

Even if trump passes gun control of some sort it’s not going to be reasonable. And that’s the only one of the three that are plausible.

But right now no one wants trump to pass any gun laws. Even if Dems get House/Senate in midterms, trump will veto anything reasonable.

I don’t think “mental healthcare” is a silver bullet (pun intended) to fix the problems. That’s not going to fix the consolidation of power and wealth. That’s not going to get people shorter work weeks, and more quality time with friends and family. That’s not going to break up the media megaliths that profit from anger inducing feeds.

Health care will help, but the problem is conservatism and it’s shitty brother capitalism.