The increasing lack of strong gun control might cause frequent mass shootings. But might frequent mass shootings cause a lack of strong gun-control as well? Yes. Responding to the increase of gun crime, people find themselves wanting to purchase guns for protection. These people may therefore feel that new gun control measures threaten their safety. Try to see it their way, just for a moment. Tinkering around the edges of the rules governing the legal acquisition of firearms can't and won't change the fact that many, many millions of guns are floating around out there. Furthermore, the type of person who might murder you is not the sort of person who cares about the rules of the law. If it's not possible to disarm the people who cause crimes,
