As a Brit, I reeeeeeally don’t understand gun culture or why Americans argue for the “right to bear arms”. I particularly disagree with “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun”. 

31,672 people were killed with firearms in America alone in 2010. That is a staggering number! According to the Harvard Injury Control Research Center a gun in the home is more likely to be used to commit suicide or to threaten or kill an intimate than used to deter an attacker. Each year in the USA, the average number of under 14 yr olds killed by guns is 72.

In America, there were 11 gun fatalities where a three to five year old pulled the trigger (from Jan. 1 to June 9, 2013). There were 10 non-fatal shootings by toddlers aged two to five years old. 

So is the only way to stop a bad toddler with a gun is…. what exactly?

Interested to hear some views on this controversial issue!