In theory, nobody wants wars. Besides being murderous, wars are monstrously expensive. But people are being people; wars caused by economics or by ideological differences - not believing in the same fictional story. I am very happy that in the sixties Kennedy and Khrushchev were both reasonable people and didn't start throwing nukes at each other. Otherwise, we won't be writing the posts today.

There is so much talk about human rights. In actuality, human life in the eyes of politicians doesn't cost that much. As cynical as it might seem, the life of an average person cost $300 - that is the lowest price for which a hitman would agree to go for a mission.

As far as shootings are concerned... it's a tough one. Gangsters will have gans anyway wither they are legal or not. The question is how to make sure that children and people with unstable psyche would be prevented from access to guns.

For one thing, every potential gun owner should have a thorough psychiatric examination, which has to be evaluated every so often like drivers licenses. Secondly, oh boy, families with a single provider, should not be given the right. It's a very high chance that a child would have access to a gun. Probably there are a bunch of other situations where the right to own a gun must have additional limitations.