MyWar
We’ve become so desensitized to this stuff that a bunch of dead kids barely moves the needle.

The thing is, these types of events are still pretty rare, statistically speaking. Most of the gun violence in this country doesn’t involve mass shootings like this. The only way this stuff ever stops is to get rid of the HUGE amount of firearms in this country and make guns MUCH MUCH harder to obtain FOR EVERYBODY. And that just won’t ever happen, so we are gonna have to live with it and accept it as part of the country we live in.

It’s a terribly sad and depressing way to think about this issue, but at this point, school shootings are as American as apple pie.

Porktown
The two shootings are completely different IMO.  I think both would have ended up resorting to use a car or other if no assault rifles available.  Do I think they should be a little harder to get, definitely for people like these monsters, but how do we know?  I am not sure if it stops the TX massacre and most likely not the NY massacre if assault rifles aren't as easily available.  That NY guy had a lot of planning, that he could have easily replaced assault rifle with a car barreling through a crowded area of black people or other.
 
Maybe it is about time that we bring back state hospitals?  I believe this was mentioned a few years ago, but no traction.  There has to be some sort of mental illness for anyone capable of killing their grandmother that raised them, then innocent children after.  There are kids in just about every school in America that we as a society are too chicken chit to "be insensitive to mental illness", that we turn a blind eye to them as future mass murderers.  It is almost impossible for public schools to have a kid with any sort of "learning disability" to be removed from their school.  No matter how disruptive or how threatening they are to others, beyond actually striking students/teachers on MULTIPLE occasions, then often back in their school a year or so later.  Don't get me wrong, not every kid with a learning disorder should be shipped off to a state hospital or other special school.  But there clearly are some that should not be covered by this.  Many that are in public schools are a clear threat in the making, forced to stay in these schools.  They are likely being left out of things by their peers and even picked on by some, turning their already unstable minds to violence.  Maybe this TX shooter was or wasn't this type of person, but many mass killers fall into this category and many times their peers are not surprised at all by their actions.  These people should have absolutely no means to any firearm.  I'm sure there are laws on the books that prohibit already, if not, there should be.  I would have no issues with Federal agents and others scouring social media posts, seeing they possibly have firearms, and being put in state hospitals or prison if violating.  Those supplying should be held responsible too.  Parents of these kids, I feel for, I really do.  But to give them access to firearms?  There has to be some other activity that you can get them into that doesn't involve the child having any sort of access to a firearm. 
 
The Buffalo one is definitely different.  This falls on the shoulders of white nationalism being normalized beyond the secret back room meetings of the klan and others.  Being spread on social media and other more mainstream media now.  In his mind and many others, they are told they are fighting a war and actions like this are justified.  Possibly mental illness has this person to the point of taking action like this?  These type of massacres have been happening for years.  Timothy McViegh and others have been in this "war" or similar "wars" for years before it was normalized like it is now. 

DarDys
Not to pick nits, but none of these shootings used an assault rifle. None.

An assault rifle is a weapon which is capable of fully automatic fire or burst fire. In other words, pulling the trigger once and holding it down will, in the case of fully automatic, the rifle will fire until the trigger is released or all of the ammunition in the magazine is expended and, in the case of burst fire, the rifle will continue to fire until the burst setting is reached, typically 3 rounds, or the trigger is released.

In order for someone to actually purchase an assault rifle, they need to apply for a certain class of license from ATF, a process which takes approximately a year and includes both federal and state background checks, including fingerprints. There has never in the history of the US, since fully automatic weapons were banned in the 30’s (it was originally put in place to stop mob hits, as if that was going to stop them) and reinforced with legislation to update to more modern firearms in 1986 been any one shot with an actual assault rifle.

So those talking about banning assault rifles know not about which they speak.

The AR rifles used, where AR is short for Armalite Rifle, not Assault Rifle (but politicians and the msm never let the facts get in the way of their narrative, even if that includes lying about basic definitions), is a semi-automatic weapon that fires one shot each time the trigger is pulled and does not fire in a fully automatic or burst fashion unless severely modified, which is already illegal and the law meant nothing.

To ban semi-automatic weapons would include AR rifles, used for hunting and predator control in most states, other semi-automatic rifles such as the Browning and a plethora of .22 caliber rifles used for the same, semi-automatic shotguns used primarily for hunting in all states (mostly for waterfowl) and competitive shooting such as sporting clays, technically all over/under shotguns (because it can fire twice with two trigger pulls without needing to be reloaded or recocked) used for both hunting and competitive shooting (all the clay target sports), technically all double action revolvers (because they can fire a cylinder full of rounds before needing to be reloaded) and all semi-automatic handguns. That’s not going to happen.

With over 20,000 gun laws on the books already, why didn’t that stop any of these shootings? Will more laws change that?

DarDys

So those talking about banning assault rifles know not about which they speak.

The AR rifles used, where AR is short for Armalite Rifle, not Assault Rifle (but politicians and the msm never let the facts get in the way of their narrative, even if that includes lying about basic definitions), is a semi-automatic weapon that fires one shot each time the trigger is pulled and does not fire in a fully automatic or burst fashion

DarDys
 In order for someone to actually purchase an assault rifle, they need to apply for a certain class of license from ATF, a process which takes approximately a year and includes both federal and state background checks, including fingerprints. There has never in the history of the US, since fully automatic weapons were banned in the 30’s (it was originally put in place to stop mob hits, as if that was going to stop them) and reinforced with legislation to update to more modern firearms in 1986 been any one shot with an actual assault rifle.

ICE NUT
Mastriano on the other hand will be tough Shapiro been around as AG and will be able to dupe you democrats.

BorgCollective
Funny how this never came out during the campaign!
https://www.wtae.com/article/braddock-mayor-detains-jogger-after-hearing-possible-gunshots-1/7459686#

ICE NUT
If Oz wins he will get the McCormick voters to vote for him what are they going to do vote for the socialist wack job Fetterman! And the opposite will happen if mcCormick wins he will get the OZ voters. There will be a red wave and it can't happen soon enough!!