I hope I'm wrong but I'm not so sure the mental health argument is going to win the day when there is a palatable fear across the nation of being killed in a mass shooting.
That fear is going to become controlling sooner or later and something is going to get done, & whatever that is going to be, its going to be the easiest thing to achieve. And what do think that is going to be? Identifying individuals with MH issues and then going through the due process of removing their firearms or just legislating a ban?
You might not like hearing it from me but the left is picking up on the right's tactics of fear mongering and fear will get it done. My instinct is that the wave is going to be to large to be blocked by a wall. Its just going to flow over it, so the gun lobby's best chance is to get ahead of it and work out a reasonable solution.
You are trying a softer approach, but what exactly is your point here? There is absolutely no substance to your comment.
You are calling for gun control based on your feelings and the feelings of like minded people. Where are your facts to prove beyond any 'reasonable' doubt, that putting restrictions on only law abiding US citizens will in any way alleviate your fears?
You mention 'due process' vs. 'legislation'? Huh? Are you saying that one option is the legislative branch doing their job, and the other option is 'due process' by the fear mongering of the left because they're better at fear mongering than the right?
If you believe that citizens are destined to be controlled by fear, then the only relief in sight would the third branch of govenment, the judiciary, that renders decisions that it imposes on law abiding citizens based on facts and not the reason that dems install judges, fear activism.
Last, but certainly not least, when did you or any of your emotional lefty buddies settle for a reasonable solution? Shouldn't we recognize your position today as an increment and subject to 'evolving'?
