[danenania]

That's because the media is sensationalist and uses fear mongering to drive up engagement and revenue.

Also, it's a big country. When you have a population of hundreds of millions, a lot of things that are extremely unlikely to ever impact an individual citizen will nonetheless happen on a regular basis somewhere in the country.

"Isn't US a democracy? If majority of the population supports stronger gun control, it should be easy to pass."

If only it were that simple.

"Anyway, I don't mean to put you on the defensive. I understand that you love your country."

I love some things and hate other things. I just think the discussion should be based on facts rather than emotion and hyperbole.

I agree that school shootings are a problem here and would like to see stronger gun control as much as anyone, but it isn't helpful to exaggerate the (very low) level of danger kids face in school.

[PhantomBKB]

Fair enough.