with the nra and it went away. so the only positive for gun control activists has been that on the state level, in the aftermath of these types of trgs, thetrg tragedies, there has been some movement. bump stock ban, raising the age of purchases for assault rifles. in connecticut after sandy hook, there was sweeping gun legislation that passed. but this is a hodgepodge solution to a countrywide epidemic. and the federal government, which can do things if it feels compelled to do things, has decided we just sent down thousands of troops to, you know, stop a nonexisting caravan from invading our country but we can t we don t have the willpower to do this type of stuff. and so, yeah, i m not totally optimistic on anything happening at the federal level but the statewide level, it does take tragedy but sometimes that