Why America should make it harder to buy guns
In many states, it is easier to own a gun than a dog. That is absurd
The motives for mass murder vary. The teenager in Buffalo who on May 14th shot and killed ten people, most of them black, was driven by racial paranoia. The 68-year-old who killed one and injured five on May 16th in a Californian church hated Taiwanese people. What impelled Salvador Ramos to kill at least 21 on May 24th in and around a school in Texas may someday become apparent, though Mr Ramos is no longer alive to explain himself.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Perhaps make it a bit harder to buy one?”
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