Well ok, Spaw, but I wasn't alluding to anything that wasn't there. I guess what seems so extraordinary, not only here in the UK but also in various other countries I have travelled around in, is the detailed - almost obsessive - knowledge that perfectly normal people in the US have from a young age about firearms, and love to parade.

There cannot be a civilised country in the world that comes close to the US in this respect. But I take Joe's point: there's no answer.