I put all ways of killing people in the same basket. Guns, knifes, bombs, automobiles, airplane hijackings and so on. They need to be licensed, have safety courses, screenings, rules and, at least, some minimal societal control.
I cannot help but be struck by the irony that a bomb that kills 3 and injured horrifically 140 or so people is seen as worthy of calling out the National Guard, the FBI, many police departments and multiple Congressional Committees and not a whisper of objection from the NRA or its supporters.
Furthermore, the Congressional Committees want to know why didn't we know about this, who do we blame for this, and what can we do to prevent this from happening again.
However, 30,000 people a year are killed by guns in the United States and we cannot pass a bill asking for background checks on them because the NRA cannot support that.
30,000 vs 143. Why don't the Congressional Committees want to know what we don't know about death by guns? Why don't they look for someone to blame for this? Why don't they ask how we can prevent this happening?
Perhaps they look at the answer every morning in the mirror and know all the answers.
What a terrible irony that is.
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