Well, there are so many things going wrong in the world today that it would be to easy just to jump onto Biblicone and apologise or extend sympathy for every killing, war, accident, tsunami, famine, etc.   We (I) wouldnt get much ranting done if that was the case, but there has obviously been quite a bit of chatter over this side of the pond regarding American gun laws and so forth since the V Tech shootings, and I have decided to fling my opinion out into the wind. 

The UK has a gun law. It basically states that “you can’t have one”.  But that does nothing to deter the flood of such weapons on to British streets; predominantly city and poorer communities, and the use of such is always criminal.  Still, as long as our Police don’t carry them then I suppose everyone can carry on pretending it isnt really an issue.  Our teenagers prefer to get drunk and kick the crap out of property or other people, but they can’t have a gun.  Thats fine.  Thats what happens over here, but that isnt to say I don’t understand that guns are part of American culture and so it shouldnt be changed purely on a few incidents.  I ride motorbikes and am lucky enough to have survived flying up the road at break neck speeds (without bike) all because of a patch of oil.  But, I know how dangerous bikes are and so do many thousands of others who venture out on the mad mile every Sunday, just to go faster than the chair they whizz round the office in and feel a little bit of freedom.  People die on bikes.  Statistics tend to show that bikers dont survive accidents and regardless of the amount ot accidents on any one road, bikers still wang it like demons and I have never met anyone who has sold their bike saying “It’s too dangerous” and nor would Government dare change this culture.  So, why the hell do we go on about gun laws in the US? In my mind it’s the same.  I might be wrong, but then I carry a gun in my job and so Im fairly relaxed about it all. 

Anyway. Rant over.