Gun violence seems to be on the rise, it makes the news, and it causes us to worry. However, the thought of EVERYONE carrying a gun is just not acceptable.

I agree Kendall but that's the message that your society is giving to their young people.

Here in the UK plenty of people are licensed to have a weapon usually a shotgun, particularly if they are part of the farming community but there are rigid checks on storage and handling.

Of the two main atrocities regarding guns in my lifetime one man had been trained by the army(Hungerford) and the other was a member of a gun club(Dunblane).

Generally, the population has no experience of guns although we hear that among the gangs in the inner cities carrying a gun is beginning to be the norm.

The main difference in this country is that we have no gun shops in our shopping centres or towns, so we very few opportunities to obtain a gun legitimately or otherwise.

Perhaps in time our society will become like the USA where carrying a gun is the norm but I sincerely hope it doesn't happen in my lifetime