GUEST, 8:44 a.m.: I am not necessarily an advocate for more guns, but I believe Moore says the Canadians have just about as many guns per capita as Americans. So if we believe Moore (which on most points I do) can it be that the "bottom line" is quite as simple a matter as you say it is?

I do think his argument about traditions of violence - that the "Germans" are the violentest of all but don't have nearly so many gun murders - is a bit weak, as it confuses personal violence with political violence.