Surely the greater danger to US citizens is posed by handguns, which often allow small disputes to escalate quickly, and become fatal. The pivotal role of guns in this story seems overlooked. Without them, the three people would more than likely be alive today. In my country, New Zealand, handguns are almost non-existent. I suppose it's pretty hard to remove handguns from a society, once they're in place? As and outsider, reading US news reporting, your people seem to live with a great deal of personal fear of terrorism. The focus on that seems misplaced, to me, when so many citizens die in ordinary shootings.
Surely the greater danger to US citizens is posed by handguns, which often allow small disputes to escalate quickly, and become fatal. The pivotal role of guns in this story seems overlooked. Without them, the three people would more than likely be alive today. In my country, New Zealand, handguns are almost non-existent. I suppose it's pretty hard to remove handguns from a society, once they're in place? As and outsider, reading US news reporting, your people seem to live with a great deal of personal fear of terrorism. The focus on that seems misplaced, to me, when so many citizens die in ordinary shootings.