I have long said, over and over, that the problem of violence, not just in the US but in the world, is cultural. In the UK it might take the form of pissing down a tube into a stranger's pocket at a football game, or visiting another country for football and smashing cars, or drowning someone in a public toilet. In the Middle East and Northern Ireland, in Russia, and in other countries it's killing "those others" (for whatever reason).

Decry violence as you will, it's written "finis" to more than non-violence ever has.

Do not assume that by stating that fact I approve of it. Life isn't what we wish it was.

But I do think that where there is hope there is less violence than where hope has disappeared.

Neither violence nor firearms are solutions anymore than a computer is a solution. Cure the disease.