Monday's slaughter of 16 at the University of Virginia perpetrated by a South Korean student named Cho Seung Hui not be indifferent to. Around the world has created a debate about the need for greater control over arms sales and especially in America where there are 200 million guns circulating among the population.
" The right to own guns is as important as the right to freedom expression "With these words, the Secretary of State Condoleezza United States Rice made it clear the government's position regarding the debate generado.Y is that the United States Constitution defends from the eighteenth century the right of citizens to own firearms as a free firmware.
The government's position, despite the 32 dead, not even mentioning a restriction on the sale of firearms is only understandable in analyzing the American psyche As for the possession of weapons of refiere.La Rifle Association whose purpose is to hamper any hint of a law that attempts to restrict the sale of firearms in the United States has 4 million members, demonstrating his power as a pressure group and subsequent electoral clout, which makes any political party actually raises U.S. trade restrict weapons fire. as reported by the journalist Cesar Salgado BE in your web staff in 2004, President George W. Bush refused to ratify a law of former president, William Clinton, that following the slaughter of Columbine vetoed the sale heavy weapons such as assault rifles, which can now be purchased over 28 years. the following video can see young Americans firing weapons of war in one of the many fields it enabled throughout the country.
The U.S. public reaction has been anger at the ineffectiveness the direction of the university and police , as the murderer killed his victims for a period of more than 2 hours without anyone to act in terms frenarlo.Pero debate on gun control, American opinion remains largely favorable to the freedom to sell, as a citizen of Virginia said a correspondent for Antena 3 : "If the university had also been armed could have defended." As for the opinions p ublish by the English with respect to arms control begins to be felt a dangerous rebound of opinions in favor of gun ownership as method of self defense by reason of the increase in assaults to homes lived in Spain , these views are fully reflected in the forum published by La Vanguardia regard. also can know the English views on gun control from blogs as http://disiento.blog.com/Masacre+en+Virginia+Tech/
