Extremely well put - and of course as it doesn't follow the narrative of the pearl-clutching l*****ts who have an agenda of eliminating guns and are merely using these tragedies as fodder to further their cause, it doesn't get much promotion.

Personally, I feel that along with Gov Bevin's points we can put some blame on the so-called "self esteem movement" that has been foisted on our kids for the past few decades - when little Johnny gets an award just for showing up after a while he genuinely believes he is "special" and deserves everything he wants because he "really really wants it!". I believe it's always been the case that some tiny percentage of people are wired in such a way that when they reach a point of anger or disappointment, they will 'go postal' - the difference is that now the bar to hitting that level has been lowered (again, because these folks genuinely believe they deserve wh**ever they want - after all, they always got awards!) such that it is a far more common situation. Just look at the two separate cases last year of high school seniors who hacked up the girls that refused to go to the prom with them...nothing to do about guns and everything to do with mental self-image and anger.

While this pertains to a 7Dmkii, it might provide some insight/guidance. I have 2 mkii's, one bought at a local camera shop, one grey market-there is a variation in serial numbers-

USA market 7Dmkii: 042021xxxxxx
Grey market 7Dmkii: 022020xxxxxx

I believe the 04 and 02 are country codes. If you can get a s/n from a USA 5DS/r, you might be able to use that for comparison purposes. As info, when I received the grey market 7D(bought used), the first thing I did was send it to Canon for a CLA, and had NO PROBLEM getting it serviced. Hope this helps, and good luck.

Every time I almost decide on my new camera, you guys post a flurry of new info (to me anyway) that takes me back to the drawing board. I'd pretty much decided on mirrorless FF. prob the Sony a7RII. But the multi page discussion here a couple weeks ago, made me pause: 1) The crop factor where a 100mm lens is like a 150mm on a crop sensor camera. 2) The lighter weight, less expensive lenses for crop sensor camera's 3. The statement that unless you're printing large images, you can't tell the difference in image quality from a FF or good smaller sensor camera. 4. Learning that Canon has the better connectivity software compared to Sony or Nikon.

My shooting will be mostly landscape, family, street scenes, classic cars. Smaller is a good thing as my wife and I are planning a 50th anniversary trip in a couple years to the UK. Plus I travel to a second home frequently. Thus the mirrorless idea.

So what would be the camera of choice considering a higher end APS-C sensor? Canon M5? Fujifilm X-T2? Another one? Would I regret not getting the Sony a7RII?