With some Americans using the recent movie theatre killings
as a reason to demand stricter gun controls, there are others with a pro-gun wild-west
mentality arguing that if people in the theatre had weapons there may have been
less deaths. From my perspective, perhaps there could have been more.
The notion that people need guns to protect themselves is so
entrenched in the minds of some Americans that it could take generations to
re-educate people to think otherwise. In the interim, the loose cannons out
there, and there are many, will continue to routinely go to their neighbourhood
gun store, some conveniently located near a liquor outlet, where they can pick up
a gun and a six-pack and then proceed to unleash their frustrations. While the “less-guns”
groups continue to argue their case against the “more-guns” groups, the death
tally will keep on increasing. This is a real “Made in America” nightmare. db
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