Tuesday:

> That's extreme.

That is my point. It is extreme to believe that somehow people have the right to own a weapon that could kill somebody. But then, a handgun is acceptable, but not an automatic assault rifle. I suppose killing 1 person with a handgun is an acceptable risk, but killing 100 with a machine gun is not.

In the World there are more guns than people. I think that is extreme too. Nobody wants to accept the truth. People kill people, and guns just make it easier to do so.

"In sharp contrast to most other developed nations, firearms laws in the United States are permissive and private gun ownership is common, with about 40% of households containing at least one firearm. In fact, there are more privately owned firearms in the United States than in any other nation, both per capita and in total."

Now, just based on pure statistics, if you live in the USA, 4 out of every 10 houses in your neighborhood probably has a firearm. 40% is a big number. If 0.01 % of the population has some mental defect, there are enough firearms to make sure that a lot of people will get killed.

Then we look at the problems of Mexico and Central America with gun running, drug traficking and organized crime. Violence is being fuelled by easy availability.

If manufacturing and selling guns were illegal, who would make the guns? Criminals would have to resort to the old cloak and dagger. It is a lot harder to kill 10 people with a knife. But then, guns are OK.