The powerful American gun lobby, however, remains adamant that restrictions on what they claim as the constitutional right to possess firearms would only make killings more likely. Some argue that the Virginia Tech massacre would have been prevented if other students had been allowed to carry guns. They will also argue that little could have been done to stop a sheriff's deputy possessing a weapon.
But supporters of gun control cite the example of Britain, which has some of the tightest firearms laws in the world and where just 50 people were killed in 2005-06 as a result of gun crime. The latest figure in the US is for 2004, when 10,654 people were killed by gunfire.
Leave it to the UK's "authorized journalists" to insert this into the mix.
Not that ours are any better. Perceptive "gun bloggers" are noticing a peculiar trend: If it were a "civilian," the fact that a
Leave it to the UK's "authorized journalists" to insert this into the mix.
Not that ours are any better. Perceptive "gun bloggers" are noticing a peculiar trend: If it were a "civilian," the fact that a
Leave it to the UK's "authorized journalists" to insert this into the mix.
Not that ours are any better. Perceptive "gun bloggers" are noticing a peculiar trend: If it were a "civilian," the fact that an "assault rifle" was used would be a key component of the media hysterics. Many news outlets aren't even mentioning the weapon, or are simply saying "rifle".
The New York Times actually goes one better, identifying the weapon as "an automatic rifle." At this point, I'm not sure what the hell it was, but the glaring disparity in treatment certainly is...uh...interesting.
Not that ours are any better. Perceptive "gun bloggers" are noticing a peculiar trend: If it were a "civilian," the fact that an "assault rifle" was used would be a key component of the media hysterics. Many news outlets aren't even mentioning the weapon, or are simply saying "rifle".
The New York Times actually goes one better, identifying the weapon as "an automatic rifle." At this point, I'm not sure what the hell it was, but the glaring disparity in treatment certainly is...uh...interesting.