Stop whinging America.


Here's how it works : 22% of homes in America have guns.

Guns propel objects at speeds of hundreds of miles an hour from barrels. They are designed to perform acts of damage, and when a bullet from a gun hits a person they normally die.

So, some social misfit with a persecution complex buys a gun in Virginia. There's no law against that. He's probably mentally ill and exercising poor judgement. No law against that. There's no law against being mentally ill, hating society, and owning a gun.

And given that he is mentally ill, hates society for its privileges, and has a gun, surely then, you can surmise he may not always respect the rule of law and may not always exercise best judgement in these instances.

Therefore, if he shoots 32 people, don't go on about tragedy. It's part of his right to Bear Arms. Murder Sprees and massacres with handguns are as American as apple pie and Wal-Mart.

Either exercise Gun Control or stop bleating. It is, of course, a tragedy. But also entirely preventable, if only the nation had the balls to stand up to the Minority Interest NRA.
- posted by Mark @ 9:48 pm