Skip to comments. No one would accept, in any other national discussion, the level of ignorance seen in the gun debate washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 3/9/2018 | Becket Adams Posted on 3/14/2018, 4:43:35 PM by rktman There are two certainties following nearly every mass shooting event: Cable news television will have its programming schedule set for the next 72 hours, and a significant number of gun control advocates will reveal they lack even a basic understanding of the items they wish to regulate. The first certainty is to be expected. After all, if it bleeds it leads. The second certainty is more remarkable. It’s remarkable that so many proponents of stricter regulations appear to be generally ignorant of not just the minutiae of firearms, but also the basics. It’s