I like the smell of a well oiled gun and the smell of gunpowder or what we used to call cordite (which is no longer a correct term) after shooting a weapon. The challenge of hitting a target at long range was always fun.
Enter the year 2022 and I find myself less enamored with weapons. I no longer own a gun. What bothers me most about guns in America are some of the facts listed below. I’ve heard in recent days that gun violence is now the leading cause of death for young people. The epidemic of gun violence will continue. I don’t see anything that is going to stop it.
- 2022 Mass Shootings: The Gun Violence Archive has counted at least 330 mass shootings in the United States through the first half of July. Here is a partial list.
- “Who Stops a ‘Bad Guy With a Gun’?”: A review of 433 shootings in the United States reveals that most are over by the time the police arrive, and bystanders seldom shoot the attacker.
- A Spate of Mass Shootings in May: Buffalo. Laguna Woods. Chicago. Uvalde. Stanwood. A series of attacks in one month came at too fast a pace to grasp.
- New U.S. Gun Law: The bipartisan bill was the product of weeks of intensive private talks galvanized by tragedy, fraught with political risk and punctuated with near collapses. Here’s how senators came to a consensus.
- In New York: After the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing gun possession in public spaces, New York passed a new law designed to blunt the decision’s effects. The legislation places significant restrictions on the carrying of handguns in many public settings.
