kleinbl00, you can see the correlation between gun ownership and gun fatalities even more clearly at the state level:
To (maybe, finally) wrap this thread up, even Abbott's 100% empty "could have been worse" condolences were a lie. The Uvalde police apparently shat their pants too hard to follow protocol and rush inside to engage the shooter. So, uh, maybe there are some holes in the "good guy with a gun", pro-guns argument? Not that it matters; Unaddressed hypocrisy is very much a core tenet of fascism.
I've no doubt that more horrifying details of the cowardly, bungled police response will come out. People will be angry. Doesn't matter. bfx is right. Nothing will change.
The same minoritarian ruling faction soon to outlaw abortion under the premise of caring about unborn children has decided that their gun fetish is worth GUN-RELATED FATALITIES SURPASSING AUTOMOBILE FATALITIES AS THE LEADING SOURCE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN.
Gun buybacks? Let's say $500/gun, ballpark, with 350 million guns = upwards of $1.5 Trillion. That's how big of a problem this has become. It ain't happening. We are fucked. Maybe we'll put up a good fight after the military collapses and China invades? LOL, there is no silver lining here.