“Lawmakers appear to be on their way to fixing one glaring flaw in the law-enforcement system as a direct response to the massacre at Virginia Tech. But another change that is vital to public safety is facing heated resistance from opponents of gun control who seem to have trouble drawing a line between the right to bear arms and using them in crimes and selling them to criminals.”

From a New York Times editorial on gun control in the US, here.

Posted Sunday, June 17th, 2007 @ 10:56 pm
Filed in human rights, politics

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