Eighteen-year-old Americans can't drink. Why can they buy assault rifles? | Ross Barkan

The solution to mass shootings isn't increased policing or an expanded surveillance state or runaway anti-terrorism legislation. It's making it harder to buy a gun The mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas, killing 19 children and two parents, was a reminder of all the ways the United States has failed its people. A nation that still retains promise, America is now held captive by political polarization and a fanatical gun lobby. There are more firearms than people. It's important to re...