No handguns are sold in Japan. To buy any weapon, there, one must undergo a thorough background check, a written test, and a firing test. Then, and only then, can one apply for a license to buy a weapon that shoots regular shells. Japan permits no assault or semi-automatic weapons. By contrast, in our country, it seems that anything goes.
Any lunatic can easily amass a truck full of weapons and run loose on the streets.
We would think that after the Columbine massacre, our Congress People and Senators would wake up and impose stricter controls on guns. It did not seem to impress them. We, Jews, whose vision of Utopia is Shalom, need to write and call upon our legislators. We need to urge them, for the safety of our children alone, to vote to make weapons unavailable to irresponsible sharpshooters. I heard a marvelous aphorism that if you only have ten minutes to make a major difference in the world, write, or better yet, call, your Senators and Congress People to let them know how you feel about an issue of critical national importance.