Guns Make Ordinary Confrontations More Lethal
I’ve written often about guns and how they tend to make ordinary confrontations more lethal. One tragic example the other day from my tiny little hometown of Yamhill, Oregon, population 1,000: A drunken man was leaving the pizza parlor, and other patrons didn’t want him to drive while intoxicated, so they tried to take his keys. He pulled a gun and started shooting. A Good Samaritan rushed over to help and was shot, plus the alleged shooter managed to shoot himself. As Yamhill tries to heal, I wish the N.R.A. would understand that guns can turn ordinary altercations into tragedies like this.