Trying to control, regulate guns is as futile as the war on and illigalized drugs ... both involve the commerce of big $money$ .. there is also the element of violence that plagues humans in regards to weaponry.

Sadly I do admit I'm somewhat pessimistic but I feel Jens Stoltenberg's statement is somewhat as shallow as Neville Chamberlan's "peace for our time".

As for traffic and stop signs, many European cities are doing away with these street regulations ... ""The many rules strip us of the most important thing: the ability to be considerate. We're losing our capacity for socially responsible behavior," says Dutch traffic guru Hans Monderman, one of the project's co-founders. "The greater the number of prescriptions, the more people's sense of personal responsibility dwindles."

"we're losing our capacity for socially responsible behaviour" ... I think that says a lot.

We are now becoming a society where everyone is talking, wanting to be heard but we have lost touch to listen, and to touch out and feel humanity.

anyway ... that's my opinion on this whole tragic mess.

biLL