THE REAL TERROR IS RIGHT HERE: We have spent billions of dollars in the fight against terrorism — the National Security Agency is maybe 10 miles from the Columbia Mall — when the real terror is right here in our midst, accounting for thousands upon thousands of premature deaths by homicide and suicide, most often impulsive acts made possible by easy access to guns. Anyone who believes that they need to go about the world while armed has proven their cowardice, he said. To have such an idea sanctioned by the state is an endorsement of the fear that we are not safe with each other. A larger point, of course, is that we live in a country that has been at war continually since 1941. What does that say about our attitude toward conflict resolution? I think that the message — and liberal fall-back position — that we need common-sense gun laws avoids a more important question: Why does the general public need guns at all? Again, its an issue of fear and courage. Read more: baltimoresun/news/maryland/bs-md-rodricks-shooting-20140125,0,1853518.column#ixzz2rXxukJgO
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 01:58:19 +0000
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