After Jacksonville shooting, is it too early to talk about gun laws? Today’s talker
(Photo: GIANRIGO MARLETTA, AFP/Getty Images) A player at a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, gunned down two people and wounded 11 Sunday. We don’t have to live like this On Sunday, the nation was rocked by news of another shooting at an event in a public space that in any other developed nation should have been both safe and fun. This time, it was a video game tournament in Jacksonville, Florida, where two people were shot and killed, and nearly a dozen were wounded. This violence is normal in the U.S., where our gun homicide rate is 25 times that of other high-income countries. Americans look for exits when we sit down in a movie theater. We wonder how we’ll get out of a crowded concert venue. We even worry about gun violence in our places of worship. We don’t have to live like this, and our loved ones shouldn’t die like this. The gun lobby will tell you that yesterday’s shooting occurred because it was in a so-called "gun free zone" or because there wasn’t adequate security, but no other nation relies on civilian crossfire or armed guards to stay safe. Other nations rely on strong gun laws, while we make it easy for angry men to access an arsenal and ammunition. On school shootings: I’m a parent and gun owner who thinks schools should spend on education, not armed defense Counterpoint: America’s increasing moral panic over active shooters is overblown and counterproductive More: My daughter died […]
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