“It’s politically incorrect, though, to point out that the fear expressed by gun-owners is racially tinged. Guns have long been seen as protection for white folks against black and brown folks – yesterday’s Apaches and Sioux are today’s Mexicans and Muslims. ‘Be careful what you say about guns,’ American friends of mine often warn me. ‘Remember what happened to Piers Morgan?’” – Mehdi Hasan in US gun owners are holding the country hostage – and I fear for my family’s safety [via newstatesman.com]
A British Expat is Terrified by America’s Gun Culture
courtesy aljazeera.com