But even Sandy Hook couldn't make these terrible people change.
The NRA has no appetite for gun control. The GOP has no appetite for gun control. The NRA is a key funding source for the GOP. Could there be a connection?
On the subject of connections...
There's a very strong connection between frequency of gun ownership and mass shootings. Countries in which gun ownership is common experience many more mass shootings than those which don't. Surprise!
Whereas there's no statistical evidence for the other explanations for mass shootings which the GOP provides. No surprise!
Don't ban guns. Ban studies!!!
"Factors That Don’t Correlate
If mental health made the difference, then data would show that Americans have more mental health problems than do people in other countries with fewer mass shootings. But the mental health care spending rate in the United States, the number of mental health professionals per capita and the rate of severe mental disorders are all in line with those of other wealthy countries.
A 2015 study estimated that only 4 percent of American gun deaths could be attributed to mental health issues. And Mr. Lankford, in an email, said countries with high suicide rates tended to have low rates of mass shootings — the opposite of what you would expect if mental health problems correlated with mass shootings.
Whether a population plays more or fewer video games also appears to have no impact. Americans are no more likely to play video games than people in any other developed country.
Racial diversity or other factors associated with social cohesion also show little correlation with gun deaths. Among European countries, there is little association between immigration or other diversity metrics and the rates of gun murders or mass shootings."
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html
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