The average gun owner now possesses eight guns,
twice as many as 20 years ago. The United States ranks number one in
the world in per capita gun ownership: an astounding 112 guns per 100
residents. The next closest is Serbia at 75 (engulfed by war in the 1990s), followed by Yemen at 54 (engulfed by war today).
The avatars of earlier eras — the Farmer, the Monk, the Explorer, the
Worker — represented the cutting edge of society. They heralded a
powerful social transformation. They each sparked a revolution. The comparable figure for our era should be the software engineer. Computers have indeed transformed the way we live.
But the gun, a much older technology, threatens to turn back the
clock. The NRA and criminal cartels and the Islamic State are all
pushing for their own revolution that will put guns in the hands of
everyone. If they succeed, governance will end, and states will fail. In
a war of all against all, the Gunman will take law into his own hands.
-- John Feffer
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