# So what will it take for there to be serious gun control debate? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 4, 2019, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-it-take-for-there-to-be-serious-gun-control-debate/838166 "2019-08-04T09:51:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 229
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-it-take-for-there-to-be-serious-gun-control-debate/838166/229 "2019-08-06T17:19:23Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > BTW, can we agree that local gun control is simply worthless nonsense? … Yes. And so is nationwide. I mean, then the excuse will be “well the guns are coming from over the borders”. Gun control simply doesnt work- it can’t work to reduce mass killings. It could, maybe reduce violent crime a bit. Mass killings here in the USA aren’t caused by guns- we have had lots of guns since 1776. They are caused by the media glorifying the killers. Noted sociologists have done many studies (which I have linked to previously) that show it’s the media that is pushing the recent increase in mass shootings. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-it-take-for-there-to-be-serious-gun-control-debate/838166)._