Well gol dange!?!?!?..... What we got here???? Yet another gun thread?... Fine...

First of all, I'd like to see a much greater effort made in cataloging balistics so guns can be matched to criminals. Speaking of which, I'd like to see the old system of 90 days rather than 48 hours be the period for background checks. And I like to close the gun show loophole but... other then those things I don't think we have a major gun problem but a major *empowerment* problem.

Yep, I grew up with guns in the house. Still got my share but those were some different times. Why? Well, my theory is that folks felt empowered back then. Since then I believe kids who grow into young adults and then adults have felt less and less empowered. Our population is way les empowered than it was 30 years ago. So?

Well, the gun has filled that void. It's power and empowerment and unfortunately we now live in a much defferent and more militarized world where when most folks hear the word gun they immediately think of it as weapon to be used against another human. Back when I was a kid that was not the case at all. It was for sport or for hunting. Period.

The only way we can change that sad reality is to change our society and our world but until then, at least in the US, the gun is gonna be used as an empowerment equalizer.

Just my views...

Bobert