When will it be the time?

Now may not the be best time because after an incident such as the latest Boulder shooting because tempers flare, emotions run high and voices get raised. The time to discuss issues like this is before they happen so they never have to.

Somewhere along the line, people began to equate "Freedom" with the 2nd amendment, so much so that if one doesn't believe in the 2nd amendment, they must hate freedom. So much so that if a few thousand people have to die each year as a cost of my personal freedom, so be it. It's not so much the specific right to own a gun as it is a badge of a 'freedom-loving patriot."

[b]But this is really all just smoke and mirrors.[/b] The US would have you believe there are two main factions - those who believe in the right to bear arms and those who want to ban them. Don't feel bad for falling for that template, either; many, many Americans do it every day.

Sensible regulation will go far in helping us celebrate and protect our 2nd amendment rights while being safe and sane. Nearly every US product is regulation for safety and/or efficacy. There are regulations for shoelaces, dressers, candy, vehicles and tools. Why not firearms? Only a very, very once-powerful lobbying group could answer that for you.

So the best right answer to when we should discuss gun regulation, culture and safety is "all the time, until a sane solution is reached." Because you can call these Boulder shootings horrific, sad, violent, or counterproductive, but what we can't call them anymore is a tragedy because we're facilitating our own damage and destruction.