Thoughts and prayers go out to the children, adults and families tragically impacted by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. How sad it is to hear about the guns a woman collected being turned on her and the people from her community.
Naturally, there is a lot of communication about this on social media. Some feeling strongly that in a nation where 30,000 people die annually from gun violence, it is a public health issue. I had communication with someone who believed that guns don't kill people, any more than a spoon makes people fat. I don't know about you, but I would feel far safer being confronted by a depressed or deranged individual with a spoon and pint of ice cream than that same individual with a semiautomatic rifle and box of ammunition.
There in the US we have a great prevalence of guns, which is combined with a society that glamorizes violence. This is a toxic mix. I hope that we will soon have stiffer gun controls and that people with guns will keep them safely locked up. Interested in collecting something, how about spoons?
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