Guns and choice

Spiegel has an article on the response of some Americans to the editorials of European newspapers on the Massacre in Virginia Tech. Europeans see the problem as one having to do with guns and violence while many Americans, probably the majority sees it as a problem of evil. In other words, Europeans point the fingers at guns and many Americans point the finger at people. However, the key issue is about the choice made by citizens about the society within which they want to live and about ho they choose to balance liberty and security.

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[The Foreign View]

Europe is indeed blaming the gun policies, but if you say Americans see it as a problem of evil, this would even be more criticized by Europeans. Europe no longer looks at the world as evil and good, they rather see it in grey. This young man for some reason or another became mentally instable, people saw this, reported this, did their civil duty, but unfortunately for them civilization didn't do its part of the duty. This kid should not have been able to buy guns legally, this is what is becoming clear. Everyone knew he had mental issues, most people at his university alarmed all the sources possible. They knew he could be a possible shooter, and they were right. The gun policies failed to prevent this and maybe America should start wondering why and maybe just maybe these things can be prevented in the future. However in this case I seriously doubt if stronger gun laws would've done anything, but better mental care could've I suppose.