Originally Posted by majorpilot

Thanks for the thoughtful comments, there have been cases where a kid took a parent’s gun, but those are pretty isolated too.

The reality is none of what you identified would have stopped most mass shooters, and that is the challenge. How do we do that? That’s why people focus on the weapons themselves. Maybe it won’t stop the shooter, but having to reload might limit the lives lost until police arrive. This is balanced against the benefit to society of 20 or 30-round magazines, which let’s face it, is hard to make a case for.

Of course, then we may just drive up the traffic in illegal magazines, but...