Apropos yesterday's Blog, I went on-line today to check the Sarasota newspaper for anymore gun-play articles and was not to be disappointed.
Two in particular:
The First deals with the State of Texas law that permits its university students to bring guns into the class room.
How Bizarre. Bullet Proof Vests Anyone?
The Second is less cut and dry.
It reports that yesterday "four to seven, including the gunman, are dead and 20 to 30 people are injured after a series of shootings in south-central Kansas."
Police report that the killer had been served earlier in the day with a court order demanding him to stay away from his former girl friend. This action apparently triggered a melt-down on the gunman's part which led him on a shooting spree ending with his arrival at his employer's place of business where he shot - killed and wounded more - this time his fellow colleagues before police were able to bring him down.
Now I would say this is a mixture of domestic / work place violence that the Second Amendment giving US citizens the right to bear arms never envisaged.
The NRA would likely say it is a classic case of ordinary citizens needing to be armed in order to protect themselves.
So dear Reader - you decide. Who is correct here?
But one thing is very clear - whether you side with me or the NRA - the United States of America is plagued with a gun culture.
As I see it...
'K.D. Galagher'
