The senseless massacre of 19 school children and 2 adults by a an 18-year-old in Texas is one of the deadliest attacks on school children in the past 10 years, sending shock waves to the entire world. As per reports , there have been 27 school shootings in 2022 and 212 mass shootings in 144 days of 2022, resulting in injuries and deaths to innocent children. Yet, nothing is done and nothing can be done to stop these senseless and manic killings by changing the existing firearms law that permits anyone in age group of 18-21 to purchase a gun from a licensed shop. No American President will ever dare to venture by sticking his neck out and changing the law, for fear of antagonising the gun mafia and risking his position. It is a sad commentary, to say the least, that a country that boasts of being the ‘numero uno’ in the world on all fronts is unable to contain the hideous crimes committed on its own soil. What lessons are they preaching to the outer world?
