It's difficult in a society where violence is glorified in the media, television, films, and music. The average life of the world's great societies is a mere 200 years. It took that long, on average, to pass from slavery to enlightenment and back into bondage again. Unless we have a cultural revolution in this country swinging away from the precipice we are dangling on, we don't have a lot of hope. We're overdue for a collapse.
Personal responsibility starts at the top.
All that whining your hearing, Mr. Frank, is the NRA complaining about the people in that company running this country. Maybe they don't scare you, but I'm sure worried.