I confess that some of the statistics contained in this article are disturbing to me. The number of people killed with firearms in the last forty years is stark and should be a call to action for any rational human being. But then, this is America. The old west made people lock up their firearms before getting drunk and wandering around cities, the new America is generating support for everyone over the age of 18 carrying a firearm. 
Let's daydream about an America with few handguns and strong resistance to personal ownership of firearms. There would be far fewer murders and suicides and "accidents" that result in death. I have no doubt Americans would feel far safer than they do now. 
Many people will die this week in America, from the greatest terror America has ever faced...another American armed to the teeth and more than a little drunk or on powerful drugs. Demographics is our friend as an armed aging population kills fewer than a younger one.
Hugh Massengill, Eugene Oregon