The proponents of gun ownership who yell the loudest at gun control are those who are actively supporting the greedy gun lobby and gun industry. Those who feel it is necessary to have a weapon for protection are drinking the Kool-aid of the NRA and the affiliate gun runners who are making a big profit off of gun ownership. The net result of lack of gun control are more guns. In the US, gun owners are comparitively irresponsible to Canada, Switzerland or other countries wh are more rational about this issue. The US has one of the largest homicide rates in gun violence in the world.

There is a procedure for obtaining a driver's license involving testing, showing that the applicant is capable of being responsible for this license. Nothing like that exists in the US today for guns. Anyone can have a gun easilly.

The the argument that guns will always be with us and there's nothing anyone can do to stop their misuse is a "self-fulfilling prophecy". It is a form of denial and apathy.

Those who buy weapons to protect themselves can show no real evidence that this protection works. Most who purchase this kind of weapon do not know how to even use it. Any seasoned criminal who does know how to use it can disarm those who attempt to protect themselves with it. There are instances of those who have used guns to protect themselves who have been shot and sometimes killed.

BTW, the article on the World Health Organization does not mention gun violence as a major cause of disease.

Frank Hamilton