Saturday's (1/8/11) shootings in Arizona ....]
Perhaps others have said this before and much better than I, I have no doubt. The problem with guns in America is not their proliferation due to lax laws or laws with too many loopholes. The problem really is that old and persistent national hunger for bigger, faster, and more powerful products ... or in a nutshell, the "super-size me!" mentality.
A poignant example of this societal conundrum: People buy and drive trucks when they don't even have the need or use for one-tenth the power they're getting. In the recent snow and ice storms here in the twin cities, nature turned out to be the winner anyways!
And almost everybody knows or is party to the fast-food craze in this country. And despite the health risks (obesity, etc.,) some politicians (you know who they are) want to insist on our God-given right to eat whatever we want! But, I'm fine with that; it's not as scary as the fascination with faster-loading and more powerful guns.
