Wednesday, 24 September 2008

And again and again.........


Today we hear of another shooting rampage in Finland - here
It occurs to me that there may be some connection between the high rate of gun ownership in Finland, and these two events.
Apparently, the gunman, Matti Juhani Saari, was a licensed shooter. This puts the lie to the cliche (frequently put out there by the gun lobby), that it's only criminals who offend with firearms.
The other argument put by the firearm freaks to justify owning a weapon is for protection. I wonder who Matti Saari was protecting?

A Conference

  Melbourne always looks black and white. Last weekend, gentle reader, I attended a conference in Melbourne, looking in hindsight at the war...