If only that was true, Jack. Sadly, as we see on this thread, Americans aren't ashamed of their stupidity, nor are they prepared to acknowledge the experience of far more civilised countries where strict regulation, strongly enforced, has resulted in rates of shooting-deaths and injuries that are a tiny fraction of those the US experiences.

Never mind, let them carry on with shooting 12,000 of their fellow-citizens every year, murdering their kids in their classrooms, music fans at festivals, unarmed black people who are 'in the wrong area', while the rest of the civilised world laughs at their wilful, testosterone-fuelled lunacy.

If they don't care enough to listen to good advice, why should we worry?

Wasn't it Einstein who said that insanity is 'repeating the same action over and over, and expecting a different result each time'? I think of that every time I hear those crazy bastards telling us that the answer to all those shootings is 'more guns'.

You couldn't make it up.