The USA
stands out as a nation that has almost one gun for every person. It has a
murder rate from the use of guns that way numbers any other nation, even some
of the almost ‘non-government’ nations in the Third World. Of course the fact
that many Americans can afford them partly explains that.
The sight of
a NRA spokesperson calling for guns to be in every classroom just shows how
whacko these gun-loving idiots have become. How many teachers would or could go
along with that? The very making of the statement indicates just how sick the
USA has become.
There is an historical
underpinning to the gun ownership issue in the USA, ably supported by the media
in all its forms. Some would say the culture of violence as an entertainment form
just exacerbates the whole issue. Add that to the ‘lonely young men,’ who lack
all connection to the real world and you have a ticking bomb. The combination
of mental illness and weapons availability will have ramifications over and
over again. There is also another ‘as yet not reported’ nasty lurking out
there.
Do you not
wonder that some sort of competition is going on here? Are these ‘sad individuals’
involved in some sort of, ‘I can beat that number of killings and be famous?’ Conspiracy
territory, maybe? ----but give it a bit of brain time.
So far the spokespersons
for the NRA are doing little to make a coherent case for ownership of the more
extreme type of guns. Each time they open their mouths, one is left wondering
just where the USA is heading. Do they really want a nation that is armed to
the teeth, to battle all manner of perceived threats? Just as another nation is
about to have a debate about the violence towards women, the USA needs to take
stock of its history and ask themselves if ‘new thinking’ needs to emerge. If India
can embark on its most necessary debate, I am sure that the USA can and must do
the same about their love affair with guns.
