The New York Times, in an editorial entitled "The Yawning Loophole in the Gun Laws" (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/19/opinion/the-yawning-loophole-in-the-gun-laws.html), lambastes the National Rifle Association for "blocking legislation that would require private sellers to run buyers through background checks, which take just a few minutes to process on the telephone."
I agree with The New York Times that such background checks are indeed warranted. However, as also acknowledged by the Times, such a background check would not have prevented Adam Lanza's mother from purchasing guns.
In addition to focusing our attention on the N.R.A.'s regrettable policies, let's look further afield and also consider the behavior of . . . Hollywood.
Is it even remotely possible that the graphic violence routinely beamed into American living rooms has made it that much easier for persons with violent inclinations to pull the trigger as a matter of course?
Sure, you like watching "Game of Thrones" and "Homeland" as much as I do, but what is the effect on young minds?
Think on it.
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