Just Saying | Forget terrorists – Americans are their own worst enemies
Yonden Lhatoo despairs at the same old debate every time there is a mass shooting in the US, before the country slips back into collective amnesia and apathy until the next tragedy
I must be something of a good ol’ American at heart because of a schoolboyish little foible that I never really grew out of – playing with firearms.
I enjoy a bit of target practice at shooting ranges when I visit a couple of countries where my friends in the military or police are willing to indulge me.
But that’s all there is to that. I would never point a gun at another person or fight for the right to carry one, knowing how downright dangerous and destructive they are. You’ll understand when you fire an assault rifle, or see what a single bullet can do to the human body.
There’s no question of doing it anyway in Hong Kong, and thank God for that. We’re so stressed out and on edge in this city that I shudder to think what would happen if we could buy guns, no questions asked, at any random Fortress or Sogo outlet.
But this is Hong Kong. It’s an entirely different story in the United States, by far the most violent among developed nations, where every citizen has a God-given and constitutionally protected right to bear firearms.