I agree that America certainly seems to have a problem with both guns, and the proliferation of gun-related violence in the entertainment industry.However, one should be careful when considering the effects of wide-ranging gun control laws, maybe even leading to total bans,in some instances, as is the ludicrous situation in Britain.Any government, anywhere, would be only too happy to have that much "control" over its citizens, removing at a stroke the possibility of armed insurrection by the populace !! ---I am sure George Bush would just LOVE that !! Sadly, no attempts at limiting or controlling the number of weapons in circulation in a civilian population will ever solve any problems, as the law-abiding citizen will dutifully obey the rules, and the criminal element of society will not. Doubtless, many a life could have been saved in Britain in the last ten years if certain shopkeepers, householders, and security -guards had been allowed to have a gun with which to defend themselves against their (fatal) assailants, but ,Alas !! --in Britain, one is not allowed to defend oneself with any kind of weapon at all.If you live in a dangerous or intimidating neighbourhood in Britain, and you are afraid that you might get mugged as you get out of your car at night, you might be tempted to keep a baseball bat behind the driver"s seat. Well, if you do, the police will most certainly prosecute you for possessing an Offensive Weapon-----They are far more concerned for the safety and welfare of your assailant than they are about YOURS !! A shortsword hanging on the wall at home, indeed !!! HA !!------Wave that at an intruder who"s just threatened you with a gun (all British criminals have one ) and is now raping your daughter, and you will get at least two years in jail, IF you attack the intruder with it !! THAT is what life is like under the dictator ,Tony Blair, and ,whilst the USA may well have gun-law problems, ----I know which country I would feel safer in ( and it isn"t THIS one !!! ) So keep your guns, guys, and be thankful that you can !!! And stay out of Britain---it"s out of control, and every day it becomes more like the Wild West than the real Wild West ever was ( with the Keystone Cops thrown in ).   Sadly, Roger ( Scared Shitless every day )....