Only in America

Yet another gun created tragedy. Only in America could this lunacy happen. Apparently both guns used were held illegally. Neither were held securely.

Obviously the Loonies of the  'Arm A Toddler'  NRA, will come out with the usual tripe; 'guns don't kill people.. etc.' Yes, true until you put into the equation such things as; a complete lack of training, no control over thousands of illegal weapons and ammunition, the fact that the many lackwits that have guns have absolutely no idea what the weapon will do to a human being. Perhaps the worst thing is that, to quote "is the feeling of invulnerability and power a gun gives".

We were trained to use the old SLR. They makes a right bloody mess of a person. We were shown films and images of this mess. We were made to understand all the responsibilities of weapon handling. This took a lot of time, and therefore, money.

Obviously if you can just go into a shop, buy a gun, and walk out with no training, a disaster is certain to happen. I cannot see the NRA or anyone in America enforcing training. I cannot see how arming everyone would improve things, imagine having to train all those teachers to handle weapons that they do not want to handle?

Ok, I think our gun laws went too far the wrong way. I actually almost liked target shooting (I was a good shot though) and our laws have done nothing to reduce illegally held arms. But to be honest I would prefer no one to have weapons who didn't need them to do their job. Farmers/gamekeepers to remove vermin etc... Not sure about those that shoot game though.

Sir Patrick Moore

R.I.P.