People Kill People. Yes, we all know how that goes. We’ve heard it enough. And it’s true. Englishmen kill other Englishmen, Spanish people kill Spaniards, Germans kill Germans, Frenchmen kill French people. But notice how it’s a kind of a one-on-one affair with most of the world. Not so with Americans. If an American has a problem with another American, he may take an assault rifle out or an extended clip and kill not only the person he has the beef with but everybody else around too. Not to mention the wounded, many of which will spend the rest of their lives trying to return to where they were before the bullets started flying.
This also happened in England not too long ago, and also in Norway, I think, 10 to 15 people killed and wounded - again with a gun. More and more in America these shootings don’t even seem to involve the shooter and another individual he actually knew, it is often between the shooter and other people - most of which he did not know, and could not have known. It’s just his way of screaming.
Most of these shooters - one might categorically say all of them, are people with mental problems. Other people who knew them usually say afterward that they were not surprised. Yet those shooters can still buy guns and ammunition with no problem.
Well, enough for me to say. Mark Shields has said it far better than I could in his column here referenced: http://www.creators.com/opinion/mark-shields.html?columnsName=msh
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