Gun state U.S.A.
Amongst the so called advanced nations, the United States has the highest rate of gun ownership, violent crime, murders by gunshot, highest rate of incarceration and many civilians own much more “effective” firearms than we had during my days in service.
The U.S. is amongst the world’s largest providers of weaponry to all sorts of primitives the world over and, incidentally, has one of the highest rates of domestic violence. Either we have the world’s most disturbed people per capita or the most effective promoters of profit-centered gun sales and effective con artists ignoring the part about a well-regulated militia, one of whom had an op-ed piece in Wednesday’s Bee.
Dick Haas, Fresno
This story was originally published August 5, 2015 at 1:53 PM with the headline "Gun state U.S.A.."