Hunting and Protection are both actions that involve killing, even if that killing is justified its still death. I got my first gun at like 8-9. It was handed to me as a device for removing pests and the weight of killing my first bird still hung over me for a long time.
The school shooting issue isn't about guns and it never has been, that's just the flavor. Columbine was meant to be a mass bombing that they just fucked up the making of, so they went with the backup. If we removed the guns we might remove the death toll, simply by removing the ease with which it can happen, but the underlying issues will remain.
Hunting and Protection are both actions that involve killing, even if that killing is justified its still death. I got my first gun at like 8-9. It was handed to me as a device for removing pests and the weight of killing my first bird still hung over me for a long time.
The school shooting issue isn't about guns and it never has been, that's just the flavor. Columbine was meant to be a mass bombing that they just fucked up the making of, so they went with the backup. If we removed the guns we might remove the death toll, simply by removing the ease with which it can happen, but the underlying issues will remain.