Well, in summary, there's no doubt the US is in a mess. The gun lobby continues to demonstrate its unreliability as a source of authority by twisting and distorting every fact it can get its paws on, by bringing in every red herring it can, and by using every dirty tactic in the book. Which tells a tale in itself, I guess: their spokesmen here don't want to change, they don't feel the burn. Which is sad for those who are getting burned by their refusal to act. Not just them, of course, but their like: responsibility doesn't divide, though, it multiplies, because each and every one of them could be the one who turns the vote. It's not enough to say you're against something, you've got to act on that, and they're not: otherwise you're not being adult. America's a young country, and it's youth shows: but given a call to grow up, it's not got the commitment to do so. Sorry, but that's the way it is: they risk going down in history with other young nations as a cause of bigger problems, as a result. I don't know what it'll be, but the US is big trouble in the making.