What do we think will happen in society when we give guns to kids but won't fund education?
There are a lot of people who were born on 3rd base. Their parents have enough money to get them an education, buy them their first car, bail them out of jail when they get their first DUI, fully fund their college experience, and set them up for life. Why do these guys think they actually hit a triple?
There are a lot of people who never had the opportunity to get a good education. They grew up in underfunded public schools with overworked and under-acknowledged teachers and couldn't afford college. They scraped up enough money for several down payments on cars from a 'buy here, pay here' place that raped them on interest. They miss a payment, and the cars are repossessed. They work for $8/hour as a worker bee whose purpose is to make someone else a ton of money. They are disenfranchised and disconnected from the American Dream, and (from their point of view) powerless to change that.
Education is empowerment. So is a gun. The Second Amendment is about empowerment of people against an oppressive government. We claim it as a right. But public education is a necessary evil. Rich people don't need it, and therefore don't want to pay for it. Poor people think in survival terms, not investment in the future terms, and don't appreciate it.
So why are we surprised when gun violence makes headlines?
Access to education is hard. Access to guns is easy. I think we can expect a lot more random, stupid gun violence in the future of our great country. (Or we could change our priorities a little.)