These shooting and killing are really a new event in our country. they just didn't happen back in the 50's and early 60's. The gun show law was on the books forever. Those shows were all about the sportsman. Shotguns, duck calls, etc .. At that time gun laws were sparse. Hell you could buy anything war surplus from a mail order catalog and cheap. No problems. However as the drug folks got organized, more and more killings. The gun laws go tighter. The killing rate got worse, so more gun laws, more killings. The criminals figured our really quick they could buy all they need and more from the shows. More and more laws that did nothing to help. If sensible laws are passed, it will be much harder for them to get weapons. Sportsmen support sensible laws, but we don't support stupid and meaningless restrictions that make no one safer.

If we address the huge profits from illegal drugs, you will also fix the gun violence. No sportsman is doing the drive by shootings.
My home town in Pennsylvania, there is no crime, there is no killings. There is no drug problems either. Everyone is armed to the teeth, because everyone hunts for food, fishes, grew up with firearms, loves God and takes care of one another. Most doors are never locked.And if a stranger needed help they would do anything to help them. It is the culture. It is the way they were taught. Hard work, God , family, friends. But those people can defend themselves. I like all the kids back there could shoot before I could ride a bike. Safety training starts in the womb I think. We just never had an issue of any type and still don't when I go back home. It is the nature of the society and how people grow up. Drugs have not taken hold there because there would be no profit .. few if any would buy. Other parts of the country, not so ... America is a huge country. My county alone is twice the size of Great Britain. Populations are diverse and cultures are different as is the problems.