Why Not Regulate Guns as Seriously as Toys?
Just since the killings in Tucson, another 320 or so Americans have been killed by guns — anonymously, with barely a whisker of attention. By tomorrow it’ll be 400 deaths. Every day, about 80 people die from guns, and several times as many are injured.
Why is this country so stupid about guns? Probably for the same reason we are stupid about so many other things. As a people we are children. The overriding emotion of the American people, which is visible to the entire plant, is a little kid screaming “Whatever! Whatever! I do what I want!”.