Okay, let’s talk specifics then.
Can you dispute this chart? Specifically: Can you find any rich-world nation that has a higher gun death rate per year than America’s?
And don’t cite “El Salvador,” or “Congo,” or “Syria,” because it’s not proper for us to compare ourselves to countries that barely function and are effectively broken civil war zones.
It’s proper to compare ourselves on these metrics to Britain, Germany, or Canada, and we’re badly lagging. The reason why is staring us in the face. We have a Second Amendment and a culture of mass gun ownership, they don’t.
I would have no problem with mass gun ownership in theory if it could be done safely (“law abiding citizens” and all), but so far, nobody has figured out how to square that circle.
Mass shooting events like Uvalde have an impact. Mothers vote. Fathers vote. When parents perceive their kids to be in danger, they act. It’s the most basic instinct in the world. There will always be a market for a party that talks sensible reform on guns.