Over the week-end I watched Up with Chris Hayes on MSNBC. I guess I’m becoming an #upper, albeit online after the broadcast. It’s a great show, but not 5 AM great on the week-end. But I digress.
The last two week-ends the show has been about gun violence and what to do about it. I know as a European, I don’t get the gun culture that I see organizations like the NRA and certain libertarian groups want to defend. I cannot see why somebody would need a military style semi-automatic rifle. I don’t understand why somebody would need more than a couple or so handguns, unless it’s for something like target shooting competitively.
I know it’s a complex issue, and that there is not a black and white, but more of a shade of gray. But do we want a warm gray or a cool gray? Here is an interesting look at how Australia decided to handle gun control after their mass shootings.
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In addition, the Newtown, CT, shooting has also managed to breathe new life in initiatives like Demand a Plan to End Gun Violence.
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