Shooting at CT elementary school leaves at least 27 dead, 18 of them children

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I don't think any gun control would stop these kind of things... they'll just find a different weapon.

My thoughts and prayers are with the victims.

[Silent Hunter]

So when is it acceptable to talk about the political implications? When is "too early" over?

After the funerals, I'd say.

[Silent Hunter]

What does the 1885 invention date signify? There were horrible massacres conducted starting around that date in the Plains and in Africa. The first major war after that date was WWI and the slaughter caused by guns was a shocking change.

Nothing in particular - the US has a law that anything made before 1898 can be freely sold without ATF notification, which is really just an arbitrary date.