Shootings

Semi-automatic Glocks and Walthers, Cho's weapons, are for killing people. They are not made for hunting, and it's not easy to protect yourself with them. (If having a loaded semi-automatic on hand kept you safe, cops would not be shot as often as they are.) Rural America is hunting country, and hunters need rifles and shotguns--with proper licensing, we'll live with the risk. There is no reason that any private citizen in a democracy should own a handgun. ... Full Story »

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Oliver Jones
3.7
by Oliver Jones - Oct. 1, 2008

This well-written editorial (which has a compelling lede) considers the political taboo against reforming the US gun culture as a way to reduce gun violence. In its call for prohibitions against owning handguns, though, I think it falls short of grappling with the larger culture of violence.

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