Just another day
I remember one of my first blogs on 5 October 2006 with the title "I am optimistic" following the shootings at the Amish community in Nickel Mines Pennsylvania......and here we are again in Virginia.
They passed a law in Virginia a few years ago that restricted gun purchases – to a maximum of one per week!
We on this side of the pond find it hard if not impossible to understand how passionate many people are in the States about their so called right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment. If you want to read some of the arguments go to http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/
gerard_baker/article1662949.ece
and some of the comments.
And we think we have a gun culture problem in some parts of our cities!
posted by timelord in the tardis at
10:27 pm
2 Comments:
I wonder if gun ownership is truly the issue?
Although I am not a fan of Michael Moore, his point that Canadians have more guns per capita than Americans, yet many fewer killings per capita, is noteworthy.
Living in Lebanon, which has a murder rate lower than Canada, and a gun ownership per capita not dissimilar to the US, also raises questions for me.
Of course, restricting gun ownership (particularly handgun ownership) would presumably have its intended affect (at least concerning crimes of passion).
Are we not remiss in using symptoms to determine treatment before or rather than conducting thorough diagnosis?
Of course, any good doctor provides for treatment of both the actual disease and resulting symptoms.
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Ethnoquest, at 1:08 pm
Fantastic to hear from Ethnoquest.
Our great friends English Blogger and Mrs EB are currently on holiday in Las Vegas and we are looking forward to reading the blogs of their adventures on their return!!
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timelord in the tardis, at 10:29 pm
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