"...your government can't govern ~~ or is too scared to try?"

Now, Michael...YOU are clever enough to intuit the answer to that! Does "tilting at windmills" or King Canute sweeping back the waves explain it?

For the 1st 200 years, this was a frontier society with them impudent Injuns and wild animals...and the occasional British regiment... to cope with. EVERYONE had a gun....and in Appalachia and in the western mountains, hunting was common for many years after the country was 'pacified'. And then there was this awkward bit in the 2nd Amendment that 'seems' to allow anyone to "keep & bear arms".

So... with that kind of history, how would YOU go about banning...or even severely restricting... guns- especially with the NRA buying lobbyists & legislators? Do you think ANY decent president could be elected if he came out against gun ownership?

If *I* had a magic button, every weapon in private hands would suddenly be 'disabled' and would require individual actions by authority to re-enable any that seemed relevant.....but I think magic buttons are still in Beta mode.

There will have to be some slow, careful steps to limit gun ownership in any meaningful ways...much like we are dealing with tobacco. In the meantime, idiots like this vigilante will keep doing what they are doing.