America's gun madness is turning us into a frightened society.
People buy pistols because they're afraid of all the psychos and criminals with guns.
Pistols bought for defense almost never are used to shoot an attacker. More often, they're used in family quarrels or drunken suicides or tragedies involving children. When the House of Representatives narrowly passed a ban on military-type assault weapons, most of the Gazette staff cheered. After the staff berated poor Hansroth mercilessly, he said he'd write a commentary explaining the feelings of gun-lovers. I said I'd write one in behalf of gun-fearers, and we'd print them together.