The trouble with journalists is that they spend too much time at their desks, downloading stuff. They seem to know less and less about real life with every passing year.

First the television generation grew up, then the Dungeons & Dragons lot, soon the nation will be run by those who were suckled by the Internet. Probably most of them have never fallen off a bicycle.

For example, the writer who quoted the stuff about gun-nuts who fear Obama does not realize this simple fact of life:

Any excuse goes for buying another gun.

For some people, guns are like musical instruments or earrings. The desire to buy another one is always in the back of the mind, ready to be activated.

When it comes to the national statistics, another real-world consideration comes into play. Soon it will be deer season. Deer season is big! Pheasant season is in the fall, too, but that's probably shotguns. So ya gotta get your ammo, not just ammo for the season, but ammo to use when lining in your gun so it shoots straight. Yo've got to get in practice. And if, while buying your ammo, you see a lovely, shiny new gun that you've always wanted (well, at least since you learned of its existence) well...

I am not in favor of guns myself, but at least I know something about the people who use them.