A new massacre in a school in the United States puts the debate on the limitation and control of arms in America. The problem is certainly not new, but the data shows a worsening of the situation in this North American country. In a stressed society with easy access to guns – there are now more guns than people – it is not surprising that there is an increase in homicides, murders and suicides. Periodically, there are also massive killings that have a dramatic impact on the public imagination.
Faced with this reality, It seems incomprehensible that measures are not taken that move towards social disarmament. Or, at least, to introduce certain limitations and conditions for the availability of weapons. It is said that in America it is impossible to advance in this field. That the second amendment constitutes the possession of weapons as a fundamental right. That it is a cultural issue deeply rooted in society.
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Without neglecting these analyses, and without removing complexity from the matter, immobile reifications have never convinced me. Since 1791 a lot has rained. The second amendment can have various interpretations. Without going any further, in the other initiating episode of the contemporary era – the French Revolution – it was normalized the cutting of heads to kings and nobles. In addition, according to some polls, a social majority would agree to move forward on this issue, including a significant percentage of Republicans.
Joe Biden the very day of the tragedy appealed to the need to deal with the country’s arms ‘lobby’. And I agree, this is the great problem of the country. Part of the Republican leaders are linked to the interests of the arms business and are dedicated to adding fuel to the fire. Now, from my point of view, the construction of militaristic common sense is not limited to the Rifle Association. And in this sense perhaps the Democrats, or a part of them, are also responsible. A day will come when civil society says enough is enough, as happened with Vietnam.
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