No.
People buy guns to defend themselves against attackers, despite statistics showing any gun is far likelier to kill a member of the gun owner’s household than a bad guy. Americans aren’t really very good with guns. They buy them, the guns go off at more or less random intervals and directions, so the more time you spend near an American’s gun, the likelier you are to stop its bullet.
We had a sitting vice president fill one of his hunting buddies with lead shortly after he helped make a federal case out of a sitting President’s marital infidelities. Well, it’s not like he shot somebody. I saw a great comment from someone that the Dick Cheney incident provided him with a marvelous opportunity to teach gun safety to his son. It was a perfect storm of what not to do with a loaded weapon, beginning with drinking, including losing track of hunting companions and finishing up with trying to shoot a low bird.
Just remember: guns don’t kill people. People do. That two year old had every chance of killing his mother even if she hadn’t been carrying a gun in her purse.
Will they ever learn?...
