Dale,

Here is why you should care about the lethal firepower available in the United States.  
    Here are gun-related deaths per 100,000 people in the world's 36 richest countries in 1994: United States 14.24; Brazil 12.95; Mexico 12.69; Estonia 12.26; Argentina 8.93; Northern Ireland 6.63; Finland 6.46; Switzerland 5.31; France 5.15; Canada 4.31; Norway 3.82; Austria 3.70; Portugal 3.20; Israel 2.91; Belgium 2.90; Australia 2.65; Slovenia 2.60; Italy 2.44; New Zealand 2.38; Denmark 2.09; Sweden 1.92; Kuwait 1.84; Greece 1.29; Germany 1.24; Hungary 1.11; Republic of Ireland 0.97; Spain 0.78; Netherlands 0.70; Scotland 0.54; England and Wales 0.41; Taiwan 0.37; Singapore 0.21; Mauritius 0.19; Hong Kong 0.14; South Korea 0.12; Japan 0.05.

My thinly veiled reference to penis size was a joke (though I think there is a bit of merit to it),but  the above statistics are not a joke. Our politicians lack the courage to stand up to the NRA zealots. I don't buy your arguement that there is no problem unless the guns fall into the wrong hands. A system that allows such powerful weapons to be so widely available  is reprehensible.

Peter T.