We're back talking about school shootings again…or in some cases, not talking about them because "this is not the time for that." I continue to take my usual cynical attitude that nothing will change and it's been a long time since that was wrong.
Something like 80% of this country is open to or even very much in favor of changing gun laws to make background checks more effective and the bigger guns harder to get. Around 20% sees any moves in that direction as threats to their right/need to own the guns they feel they must have. The 20% is willing to mobilize against a politician who votes with the 80%. The 80% is not as determined to vote out anyone who votes with the 20%. And there we shall stay until the shootings get a whole lot worse in frequency and/or body count.