But you only have to look south of the border to see that doesn't work. If this was the case, then the United States would be the safest place. But beyond all the statistics and laws and rhetoric is a real feeling that there's something wrong with a country where more and more people are using their index finger to pull a trigger instead of merely pointing at an adversary in disagreement. People used to swear. Then they used their fists.
Guns are the problem.
They are the instruments of murder. Even academicians are getting into the act. There is a discernable groundswell of public opinion building on this issue. The wave of assassinations didn't touch the lives of individuals. This time around, violence is touching people, and they are deathly afraid of the level of stranger crimes committed on the streets in major cities.