sniper in perspective
michael moore (again) has hit the nail on the head:
A sniper suspect is now in custody — but yet, our children are still not safe. They have not been safe for some time. Every single day in America, at least eight children (19 years old and younger) are killed by gun violence in the United States. Every single day in America between 30 and 40 people are murdered by someone using a gun. Every single day in America another 40 to 50 people use a gun to kill themselves. None of this has created a panic. These 80+ deaths a day by gunfire do not lead off the evening news. We have, sitting in our homes, a quarter-billion guns. And, yet, not one of those guns would have saved anyone shot by the sniper. The sniper knows — “Your children are not safe.”
read the full piece at alternet.
