I agree with what you are saying, it seems hopeless for there to be any change. If Sandy Hook didn't change things what will? Why does everything have to be so extreme in America? All we need is common sense laws related to firearms. Mandatory licenses, training, secure storage, waiting periods, etc. These regulations are completely normal in other developed countries. And people own plenty of guns in other countries. We require a license and training to operate a motor vehicle, but with firearms we don't, how does that make any sense?

Got to keep making that money, capitalism baby

The sad thing is that there is a solution to this problem. Implemented successfully by every other developed country on the planet. But we can't do that here in 'Merica. People prefer living in a warzone to having common sense.

The reason there are less gun deaths in Switzerland has less to do with gun control laws and more to do with the attitude that people in Switzerland have towards guns. Laws do not work if people are unwilling to follow them. People in Switzerland view gun ownership as a privilege and not a right like in America. It is a necessary evil to protect the nation from foreign invaders. The Swiss do not have a gun culture. They do not fetishize firearms the way people do in the US. Also Switzerland does not have concentrated poverty the way the US does. This concentrated poverty is what leads to most of these gun homicides. Gun control laws can help the problem but they are a bandaid solution at best. The root of the problem is cultural.