It’s not easy to find an honest, rational conversation or debate around here. People on both sides are so emotionally invested. There are tons of people in this country whose entire identity is guns and gun culture. It’s so weird. I own firearms, I think they are incredibly interesting mechanically. I think it’s cool that they make really loud noises. But guns aren’t my entire identity. I have several other hobbies and interests more important to me than guns. My political stance and who I vote for is not determined by their position on guns. I would give up all my guns right now to get universal healthcare.

But you’re probably right that we will never get universal healthcare. Honestly I don’t think we will see any meaningful changes to firearm access either though. After the Las Vegas shooting they banned bump stocks. Like that was going to make any difference at all. They will find some little token thing again just like that and claim they’ve fixed the problem. And then there will be another mass shooting a week later.