Do you feel pistolized? Canadian sociology professor James Sheptycki created the term “Pistolization” to describe the phenomenon of a society that integrates hand guns into commonplace daily life. It’s a more elegant and pointy-headed way of describing a society that is devolving into the Wild West. Oh, did I say America? No, but Sheptycki did. “America” is a Canadian term that is a more elegant and pointy-headed way of describing that cesspool of violence south of the forty-ninth parallel from whence many banned firearms are smuggled. America is pistolized because we have more hand guns than table salt shakers. Or so I’ve heard. Bloggerette Dominique Millette of Womenmakenews.com is calling for an international arms treaty between the neighboring countries that would ban pistolization in America so that fewer arms can be smuggled into the Great White North. She sounds like Mayors Daley and Bloomberg. Only they don’t use Sheptycki’s fancy word. Before we explore Ms. Millette’s essay any further, let’s stipulate a couple of facts . . .
