It stemmed the tide back in the nineties, before it was repealed in the last decade.

But that’s honestly beside the point. Because everyone seems to just be against any kind of legal action against firearms, but most opponents of these measures can only point at vague options regarding “mental health” as an alternative… then balk at supporting any measures resembling it.

It’s a dogwhistle that is frankly a tired ploy for populist politicians to throw at their base to distract them from real issues.

We must fight against the “evil” gun bans because if we don’t fight against that, people might recognize how shit we are at our jobs and actually do something about it!

As I stated in my comment, I know it’s not a cure. It’s not even a very good stopgap. But at least it’s fucking something. Which is more than can be said than by all the people whinging about “constitutional rights”.