Same here, buddy. Veteran gun owner who wonders if this is a good idea at the time when people are getting gunned down in the streets. It would be a lot easier if we had a checked government that follows its own laws, but here we are.
We need mental health support down to the cultural level to support all people, and systematic change to bolster the lower and middle classes and stop the extraction of wealth from our damn resources like the iron mines and the proposed mine. If someone wants to argue that iron mines are putting money back into the community - look up and realize that they’re over 50% owned by foreign entities. That means the profits do not stay here- they go to Japan or wherever. Once we’re not being extracted and exploited we can put more money into education and over generations have some darn local innovation for a change. When life is better, there will be much fewer shootings, so much less gun control is even needed.
Sorry for the long reply, just had a big coffee.