re: School shootings have changed the "Back to School" shopping game...

The sad thing is how normalized shootings have become, such that most Americans lose the sense of how much worse the shooting problem is compared to pretty much any other developed country.

I don't think any reasonable person believe you can ban guns in the US, but to avoid any sensible prevention is insane. We've made it so that there is nothing stopping someone on a terrorist watchlist or no-fly list or who is believed to be unstable and dangerous from legally getting a gun. And there are kids with serious issues in schools and most schools don't have the resources to deal with them.

Sure you won't be able to completely eliminate shootings, but to do nothing is pathetic. Just like you can't eliminate all traffic fatalities, but with seatbelt regs you can dramatic reduce deaths.