I wasn't going to share the story because I felt it too dark. But a coworker years ago told me the first people he would kill in the "shit hits the fan" scenario is his neighbors because they would be the first to ask for help/target him.

The fact that a single nut job is out there thinking this was enough to adjust my stance on owning fire arms.

Well you may want to look up how gun control came to be a talking point, and why Fred Hampton was viewed as such a threat, he was murdered in his bed, next to his pregnant, sleeping wife (hint: youth breakfast and exercise program).

Gun manufacturers are a part of society, and a very rich part.

The entire world demands guns, and the USA provides. More than the top six suppliers combined (including China and Russia).

Every state in the union is part of the arms industry. Even Hawaii.

Guns are a lot cheaper than you'd expect. An ar-15 is like $500 for a simple build. Most handguns are similar. The ones here are only expensive because they're machine guns