School Shootings and Gun Control

Christian voices are pressing for government to preempt mass killings, but are we asking too much government? Will gun control do that much for the 1% of murders committed by assault rifles? Sadly, 40 children (or so) die every year from shootings in the public school . . . but what about the 7-10 million who die from abortion and the use of abortifacients? And, what about the souls that are lost by the purveying of the wrong worldview among the 55 million children attending these schools?