Has it occurred to you that many Europeans are absolutely frightened at the thought of a holiday

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20. It's too early for the facts you've presented to be relevant.

Sandy Hook was clearly the straw that broke the camel's back for many policy makers as well as everyday Americans (and for people overseas). It is a qualitatively different event in terms of its emotional impact on the debate. In 36 years, I have never seen this kind of upswell of support for gun control in the US. But it is too early to pull out statistics to show the impact of the event itself, let alone policies in response to it.

Maybe in six months, you will have your facts. Until then, there's no point in trying to shut down the discussion of possible impacts of this event on tourism or immigration as you do not hold facts which are any more relevant or accurate than anyone else's.

On edit: The immigration statistics are also irrelevant because they only tell you how many people are seeking to come to the US relative to other years. They don't tell you how many people would consider coming to the US but don't both because of crazy gun laws (or the death penalty, or the prison-industrial complex, or underfunding of schools, health care, infrastructure, etc.)