https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_massacre. One of the survivirs subsequently survived
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clackamas ... r_shooting.
Several of the individuals involved are good friends, they are all within my social circle, and many are burners. It is really not talked about, but many Seattle and Portland burners know the crowd which has roots in the Cacophony Society with costuming and absurdity.
It's probably more common now for people to survive multiple mass shootings with large events like Las Vegas and people starting their "survival career" at an earlier age.
I have no problem with firearms in the hands of people who are well trained as we do in the military. The issue is mental illness, long term or in the moment. I have personally dissuaded two individuals from buying handguns who had a history of temporary mental illness.
Right now cities are in an epidemic of casual shooting deaths and wounds, which no one would argue is good.
(Just to get it out of the way, I'm in favor of liability insurance, which could be combined with theft, like we have for vehicles. I am also in favor of limits on muzzle momentum - heavy bullets or high velocities -
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/ar ... ns/553937/. Another idea is powder tagants with sales tracing for ammunition. I would ban guns in film and video like we have smoking, and put us on a path to ban guns in gaming. Maybe we need smart guns with an artificial intelligence therapist permissive action link? I'm a radical on guns, but none of those changes would inhibit the use of guns by responsible gun owners.)