Hello Jordon,

I 100% agree that the U.S. media is the culprit of all this gun control chaos.  WE DON’T NEED TO SEE ALL THE JUICY DETAIL how my neighbors are murdered.  Just tell me where I can get the M16 to replace my shitty 9MM Glock.  Heheheh…

To be honest, I believe that a gun is a neutral piece of art work.  People in the U.S. collect them just like some like to collect Rollei cameras, paintings by Van Gogh, or exotic Ferraris..  Just imagine what a gorgeous piece of mechanism that can push a piece of metal from station to 1200-1500m/sec with a pull of trigger, and with precision hitting the target in bullseye!!!  It just has this extra capability to penetrate bodily flesh when pointing at the right (or wrong) direction.  

Think about this for a second, a lot of Americans have pools at their backyards, I am sure pretty much all American have bathtub and toilet at home.  Thousands of infants and kids drown and die from them every year.  Should we ban EVERYONE from using pools, bathtub and toilet as well?  That’s obviously not the solution. See link for more statistic.  http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/drown.htm

I am sure you have heard one too many arguments about gun control so I am not going to bore you with yet another one.  There’s no point arguing, because as you can show me statistic of how many people die from unnecessary use of gun, I can equally find the same amount of number to prove that guns safe too. 

To: CeaselessElf

Thank you for visiting my space.

Ironically, I was in NYC for a visit on 9/11. Fortunately I was nowhere near the Twin Tower and was not hurt in anyway. Unfortunately, I was close enough to witness the whole devastating destruction of the Twin Tower and the horrified, fleeing people. I wonder, from your message, if you are a New Yorker. If so, you have my deepest condolence, because I was there on that nightmarish day, and I understand how you feel about 9/11 and the fear, wrath and aftershock most Americans experience.

However, it still does not give an reason for people to be obsessed with guns, and to use them most times, very, very inappropriately. The underlining idea of my article is to portray the irrational fear of the Americans and the direct consequences of such fear. I am Chinese; I am also an American. I love America, but it has flaws which need to be corrected.

Also, you have to admit that the American media is a whole nasty web woven with exaggerated fear, from Hollywood to local, national news, scaring the Americans senseless.

At last, thank you for the discussion. I would love to discuss further with you.

Have a good day.