America’s fatal attraction to firearms
Armed nobodies with a death wish and murderous intent are souring the American dream
It is quite extraordinary how all of the US’s headline problems should have coalesced in the single moment of the mass murder in Florida. Terrorism, the crisis with radical Islam, gun control and gay rights all came together in a blood-soaked incident that even spilled over into the presidential election.
Quite apart from all the other considerations, isn’t it truly terrifying the impact that a single man, armed with a semi-automatic assault rifle ...