"It's not really like that."

It might well be, but is that relevant? Not to the people of Aurora it isn't. Even if violent crime is declining, this obsession with guns and violence is insane, confusing and regressive. It's almost as if US society has settled for the occasional slaughter of the innocents (fast response units everywhere) so a few diehards can cling onto outdated and outmoded ideals formed when the world was a very different place.

I realise none of our politicians have much in the way of backbone, but surely the time has come for someone to step up and tackle this utter lack of perspective guns seem to induce in reasonable, sane people.