Guns have been around for a very long time in our history, what separates today from yesterday is that there is a lot of gratutious gore in the movies, songs and pop culture.

However I believe a bigger threat is the paranoia that is driving people who would have not previously possessed a weapon that is perhaps not exactly cut out for having one.

Being armed isn’t just a right guaranteed by the constitution, but it carried a heavy responsibility. I am skeptical if many are up to the task of that responsibility.