I don't think it is exactly blaming the gun per se, but how to solve the problem of who should own them. How to keep weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of fruitloops to make a broad category.
Here is a link to a blog from someone with a close perspective to a Canadian shooting and the recent one at MSU. I agree with her and as above, that there is a cultural problem.
https://stephanietodd.substack.com/...-one-in?publication_id=205245&isFreemail=true
My personal reaction was enough with the flowers and prayers. We need citizens, neighbors, friends to DO something. At least a dozen people knew there was something wrong with the MSU shooter AND that he had guns. He was target shooting in his city backyard. They did nothing much. Asked him to leave their stores. Didn't give him a job. Of course in his case he was black. Reporting mental illness to the police in black kids or adults and asking for help has not ended well for those individuals recently.
A year ago when a kid at the Oxford high school brought a gun, the parents would not take him home. He asked for help. The school officials knew he had a gun somewhere. They let him stay in school until he shot a bunch of kids.
If the gun culture is predominantly saying "I want to do what I darn well please with my guns, and that I have no responsibility to my community and neighbors" it encourages irresponsible behavior. I don't disagree with those people that want to limit ownership of assault rifles. I think enforcement of the laws we have depends on the attitudes of both gun owners and non gunowners. It is a complex topic, but I am sure sick at heart at the do nothing approach.
