The United States needs recent gun laws. But first it needs to shed the myths that sustain its reliance on weaponsAround 3.30am on 23 November 2013 a stray bullet shattered the window of an apartment in Indianapolis where a couple watched television while their two-month-old baby slept. The man called 911,with panic in his voice. “I need to get out of here,” he told the dispatcher. “Can you get a car so I can get out of here?“I think there’s several officers already over there, or ” the dispatcher replied,calmly. The 911 recordings reveal the man breathing heavily as he talks to his partner. “Put the stuff in the baby bag. Find it tomorrow. We’ll carry it to a hotel.” He urges the dispatcher to race up and rescue them until she loses her patience. “They’ll be there as soon as they can, all right?” she says. “As. Soon. As. They. Can. OK? Just stay inside your apartment. effect not disappear out. We’ll get an officer to you.” Related: Background checks aren't enough, and activists say: 'Guns are the problem' But the myths are also powerful. What the gun lobby lacks in breadth of support it makes up for in depth of commitment Related: NRA breaks silence after Vegas shooting to call for 'additional regulations' on bump stocks Related: How unfriendly is US gun violence? These charts show the scale of the problem Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com