Guns don't kill people, people kill people: if that's the case, we need to restrict people's access to guns

Was a slogan, coined I think by the NRA, to misdirect attention away from gun control proposals of various sorts.\

If people, not guns, are the problem, then we shouldn't be making it so easy for "people" to buy guns without adequate checks, and to buy assault weapons that are more appropriate for theaters of war.

Many states, including Texas, are legalizing gun carrying without permits being required, limited checks on purchases, limited restrictions on people buying guns who have "issues," few if any restrictions on high capacity weapons, etc.

Yesterday's incident in Uvalde, Texas is beyond horrific, with 19 children and 2 adults dead, killed by a troubled and once bullied 18 year old, who was subsequently killed by law enforcement ("Texas shooting: How a sunny Uvalde school day ended in bloodshed," BBC).

Somehow, he was able to buy two rifles just the day before.

It's insane that people have to worry about being shot when they go to church or temple ("One dead, multiple injuries in Laguna Woods church shooting"), a supermarket ("Gunman Kills 10 at Buffalo Supermarket in Racist Attack," New York Times), shopping center, nightlife district ("3 alleged gang members charged with murder in Sacramento mass shooting," ABC News, "FBI releases final report on investigation into motive behind Dayton mass shooting," WLWT TV), or school ("Victims, parents of Oxford school shooting victims sue school employees," ABC News).

I've been thinking lately, in response to all the incidents of mass shootings, certainly multiple events every week, that we are reaching "peak gun," and there are so many incidents because of "the nexus of guns, perpetrators, and people."

The Second Amendment is supposed to ensure gun access wrt use in "organized [community] militias," not wanton access to guns in ways that reduce public safety rather than enhance it.