Virginia Tech

I posted this comment to a Guardian (UK) editorial calling for gun control in response to the VT tragedy:

The American character and the federal system of its government, thank God, make it impossible that national-level legislation will "solve" America's gun violence problem and "prove[] itself []able to defend its ordinary citizens from its armed maniacs." Americans do not want a Mommy-Government to protect them from isolated, albeit tragic, instances like the VT massacre. We do not want Mommy to take away all of our rights to make sure the scary men go away. We do not trust the Left's argument that more government control will make us safer; we trust ourselves more than government. Until you understand that you will never understand the majority American view on this issue. Do we have leftists here who want to hide behind Mommy's skirts? Sure. Thankfully they're still the few.