Bad guys find a way

The mayhem in Las Vegas is disgusting. This monster sprayed bullets on innocents at a concert. The number of weapons he had purchased should have raised a flag and that is a failure of the current system.

I got curious and wanted facts about gun deaths. The FBI site was interesting, but what really caught my attention were the 2015 statistics compiled by the World Bank. According to that, there were about five homicides (not just by guns) per 100,000 in the world. The United States matched that figure at five. Canada was less, at two. Iceland had one. El Salvador, not the place to visit, had 09. Greenland had 13. Even vacation-spot Jamaica scored 43.

If someone wants to kill, they will find a way.

The first responders did a great job shutting down this shooter, but time is the enemy, and a gun in the hands of someone trained to use it can be a great equalizer for an old person facing people breaking in or a woman walking to her car and stopped by a 250-pound attacker. In those cases, too often the police are simply cleaning up the mess.

Doug Kaer

Spokane