Backwoodsman, it's largely because you and a number of other Brits here on Mudcat seem to take such perverse satisfaction when Americans have a national problem that many Americans are working hard at trying to solve, and seem to be sitting back, pointing fingers, and smirking.

While you're looking down your noses at Americans, the vast majority of Americans are trying to change the gun situation. You seem disinclined to acknowledge that fact.

Don Firth