Now we are engaged in a great civil war....

Some thoughts on the Parkland Florida "mass shooting"  e.g. 17 children murdered in cold blood

"Mass shooting" is certainly a euphemism.  It sounds almost accidental.

The high capacity semi automatic rifle is certainly blameworthy in this question.  Having shot one ( and I can say I liked shooting it) it is easy to fire, little recoil, easy to point and shoot, and not that hard to learn to use.  Probably why they are the weapon on choice for draftees and other boot recruits to teach them the operative training to shoot.

There are a lot of Federal gun laws that already exist.  To some degree, they are pretty weak.   They are obviously designed to be that way.   For example, there is a maximum punishment for buying multiple guns for bad purposes.   At some point, the more you buy just doesn't matter.  They don't seem to reach this type of terror.    It must be intentional.

At heart I think the Feds think this is a local problem and not a national problem.  And Congress follows along.  Even when they get shot up.  That's a shame.  Look at what happened in the 1986 Miami FBI shootout.  The death of 2 FBI agents prompted a wholesale re-gunning of all of law enforcement.   But the random violent deaths of ordinary people - nothing can prevent that, right?

And there is no question the fact that there is no liability for manufacturers and sellers is a reason that the supply just continues.

As long as the man on the street can get a hold of the same weapons as law enforcement or military, it it will be hard to keep this disorder from erupting.

None of this has to do with hunting, or self defense, or recreational target shooting, or things that normal people do.

These killings are getting too close to home.  I can imagine I could have been at the Route 91 Harvest Festival listening to Jason Aldean on October 1, 2017.  And I was nervous is my own church on Christmas Eve - fearing  that some crazed person could come through our open door like in Charleston, SC or Sutherland Springs, TX.  That's a bad feeling to have.

It seems a cop out to say new laws won't matter.  I think that it is time to do something, even if it turns out to be mistaken.  Inaction doesn't seem to be working.