Guns and Grief

It’s time to put an end to the arguments about the meaning of the Second Amendment and come to terms with the social and political realities of the twenty-first century. Guns kill; it’s what they’re meant to do. And no spin by those stalwarts who insist on our right to carry guns can change the fact that their unregulated use has unleashed a murderous plague that kills and injures far too many victims every year. Yes, people will continue to kill each other even if we ban guns. But all the evidence, not to mention plain common sense, tells us that they can’t do it so efficiently and in such large numbers without the aid of a gun.