Shame could control guns better than new laws

[flamin lib]

http://www.mtexpress.com/opinion/editorials/shame-could-control-guns-better-than-new-laws/article_42901120-0ef2-11e5-9307-cbf03d68cde0.html

Tobacco use is and always has been legal in the U.S. At one time, tobacco was commonly chewed. Users spit the resulting juice into ever-present spittoons that were simply accepted by polite society, despite the poor aim that often resulted in disgusting piles of soggy leaves. By the 20th century, smoke-filled rooms and smelly ashtrays had replaced spittoons. Society, however, broadly continued to accept and even encourage the open use of tobacco.
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Then it all changed. The tipping point came when smoking was perceived to be socially unacceptable.
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First, there were nonsmoking sections in some restaurants, then nonsmoking restaurants and bars, and finally smoke-free buildings. These bans are now the rule rather than the exception. Light up in a public space and the least negative response will be dirty look.
Tobacco use is still legal. Some people still smoke. Despite protests about infringing on personal freedoms and smoking’s outlaw image for teens, tobacco use continues to fall because its use results in at least a modicum of public shame.

Unfortunately many of the gunners I know have no shame. They gleefully defend the right of convicted wife beaters' access to guns. They flatly state that no law will prevent EVERY SINGLE SHOOTING so no laws should exist. When a violent felon uses a gun to commit more violence they say, "It's already against the law," instead of asking how he got the gun and how it could have been prevented.

No, probably won't work because as I said so many have no shame.