In America, it has been, for so long now, the belief that guns designed to kill people indifferently and in great numbers can be widely available and not have it end with people being killed, indifferently and in great numbers. The argument has gotten dully repetitive: How does one argue with someone convinced that the routine massacre of our children is the price we must pay for our freedom to have guns, or rather to have guns that make us feel free? You can only shake your head and maybe cry a little. “Gun Crazy” is the title of one the best films about the American romance with violence. And gun-crazy we remain. …
Why would anyone think that a law against possessing deadly firearms would have prevented the shooter from possessing deadly firearms? Since James Holmes’ intention was to kill dozens of people–which is against the law–it hardly stands to reason that he would have been deterred by laws against gun ownership.
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