The problem with saying after a mass shooting that it’s “too soon” to talk about gun control is really with the frequency of mass shootings.
It’s always too soon to talk about /gun control/ after a mass shooting because /gun control/ has little or nothing to do with the frequency of mass shootings. Let’s talk about mental health assistance instead, and how much easier it is to get a gun legally /after/ all the gun control hoops than it is to get consistent, worthwhile, inexpensive mental health care.
It’s amazing how mass shootings never seem to decrease in frequency, isn’t it? No matter how much ‘gun control’ there is.
Did you know that legally I probably can’t own a gun? Because I spent three days involuntarily incarcerated in a mental health institution on suicide watch. Three years ago. I’ve been in treatment, one way and another, for mental health issues of various sorts, for over twenty years.
Whom would you rather have a gun? Me, or someone who /can’t/ get treated for their issues? Who is more likely to have one?