RE: This dark, malevolent shadow...
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We had a big ol' mass shooting once, here in Australia. It was at a tourist place called Pt Arthur. I am sure we could do analysis on the political views of all the victims, the perpetrator, and find flaws in what toppings they liked on their pizza, or what flavour of koolaid they preferred to consume.
Ultimately, our prime minister at the time banned weapons of the nature that caused the massacre - and guess what? We have not had shootings like that happen again.
The United States of America and its fetish for firearms, and the "fin-dom" of the gun lobby probably make up some decent part of the economic structure - I don't really know - but senseless and stupid violence like this does nothing but hold us back as a species.
We'll all end up in the same place - dead; it is just a shame that so much American life ceases at the end of a barrel, as opposed to at the end of a delicate embrace, and warm, loving smile.
I agree. I don't really understand the obsession Americans have with the 2nd, other than the logical explanation that what if someday they come for us, we need to defend ourselves. Still, assuming the they in question is the government (and/or army) I fail to see how a personal gun or two will do the trick.