@justinf you are definitely in an echo chamber.
An echo chamber full of echos of "ban assault rifles" while the people that have that power ignore the violence for profit.
Every politician has pockets full of companies that tell them what to endorse. If you can't outbid rifle companies for the politicians, you can't get rifles banned.
It really sucks, but that's the truth and unless lobbying gets outlawed, it will always be true.