Over the weekend in San Jose, California some people couldn't care less about the events in Arizona. It was business as usual there, just like it was in many other major, and some minor, cities throughout America.
There are 100 gun deaths a day, every single one a tragedy. Just like many of the murders are preventable, so are many of the suicides. Gun availability plays a part in all of them.
In a way, I agree with Robert Farago's brazen attempt to spin the Arizona massacre into the rare event it really is, something we need not overreact to. Things like that don't happen every day, says he. The part I agree with is that there is an overemphasis on it, there's a disproportionate focus of attention on it and a total failure to look at the day-in and day-out gun violence, like what happened in San Jose over the same weekend. My conclusion is the opposite of Robert's.
What's your opinion? Robert says if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I say it's so broken, it's time we decided to fix it..
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
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