Playing With Toys

MY GRANDFATHER is reputed to have said: "put a gun in a man's hand, the first thing he wants to do is use it. He was a tort lawyer, which explains much. We enjoy our toys; guns, cars, chainsaws, and we relish their employment. We play hard, until our toys bore us, or kill us. Show me an American who owns a car and I'll show you a driver who follows too closely. An American who follows too closely in a car is probably too aggressive to safely own a firearm. Most victims of gun violence in America knew their attacker. Most attackers become criminals the moment they attack, having been known therefore as a pretty good old boy. Keeping guns out of the hands of criminals requires identifying criminals before they become criminals, since they reveal themselves as such only when they commit a crime with a gun. Whether a person is a good person or a bad person, a person is a potential criminal, who enjoy playing with toys, including toys that are too dangerous for the owner to own.