The resemblance IS scary. :-) 
Posted on 12/04/2015 9:07:15 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
IN the wake of the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre, which until yesterday was considered the worst mass shooting of the decade in the US, Americans did a few things.
The shooting left the nation on edge, and it now finds itself in the same position following the slaughter of 14 people when married couple Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik entered a Christmas party armed with legally purchased guns and sprayed the room with legally obtained bullets.
A separate shooting at a Planned Parenthood building in Colorado last week prompted President Barack Obama to share hope the crime would spur more Americans "to do something" to support tighter gun sale controls.
But following these tragedies, guns retailers are expecting another surge. And on the surface, the reason seems ludicrous.
Commentators suggest Americans are now trapped in a gun-buying death spiral, where mass shootings spark talk of lax gun control measures, prompting many to believe they need to go out and buy more guns. Then there's another mass shooting, and on it goes.
"For citizens of such a rich and (hitherto) stable country to be arming themselves at this rate is collective insanity," warns the New Yorker's John Cassidy, describing America's "self-destructive passion for guns" as nothing short of a dilemma.
"America is stuck in a self-reinforcing cycle of gun violence, and things might be about to get worse."
One New York Sheriff even went as far as encouraging handgun owners to take advantage of their constitutional rights, encouraging all citizens who are licensed to carry a firearm to "please do so" in the wake of the San Bernardino shooting.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
People buy guns when they don’t feel safe, when they don’t think their own government can protect them, when they don’t think the authorities will get there in time, that’s why we buy,carry, and shoot guns.
...him and Dan Fogelberg
The resemblance IS scary. :-)
And the problem is...?
Gotta be able to share in a crunch.
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