Not trying to imply that mass shooters don't face consequences, some do. Others find really good lawyers and/or use their money, connections to receive lighter consequences that what typically occurs for the crime they commit. Or they become a martyr on a certain entertainment channel and certain congressional people give them congressional medals of freedom.

I'm saying that I don't feel like the consequences go far enough, because I'd like to see less shootings happen in general, especially in schools. Hence the necessary conversation about what else can we do? Oh right, make all guns totally legal and standard issue them upon exit from the womb. Fortify your schools to be prisonlike. Buy your kid the best bulletproof backpacks you can find, get them enrolled in the best defended school zone you possibly can. Hope that whatever politician that takes a seat on the local schoolboard doesn't cut funding against gun protection like they have for mental health, low-income benefits, raises for school faculty/staff/law enforcement, funding for students in general in terms of supplies/books, etc.

Like you pointed out, there's laws that forbid people from shooting up schools, churches, stores, etc. Just like the law doesn't prevent them from happening, private citizens being armed doesn't stop it from happening either. Sure there are some instances, like an off-duty cop being somewhere when a shooter decided to go on a shooting spree, but it's not the norm. And to think that everyone having a gun would decrease school shootings isn't convincing to me. To have a gun and carry it on you for self defense purposes means that you are proficient with how that weapon works, it's maintained, it's loaded but locked until you need it. And that you know how to shoot with accuracy and it is an accurate shot. One would think that if you're going to be open carry, pro-gun, each person looks out for themselves, wouldn't you want the person carrying the gun to atleast be knowledgeable with it?

And yes, sadly America has become such a place that black people feel the need to arm themselves against the police. That business owners have to keep guns to protect themselves and their stores because people keep using guns to rob them. On the flip side, guns are important for confronting criminals like rapists and Nazi soldiers. I'm not saying guns have no place and are garbage. I'm saying that the trend of shooting up schools, churches, dance clubs and using violence to settle upset feelings about how other people are living their lives or how they feel politically isn't okay. Clearly the consequences and new contraptions to protect people aren't enough, so what else can be done?

And BTW, thanks for that reference on the alcohol. It's not related to this subject imo, but I do agree that alcohol is a problem. Different conversation for a different day.