But the weapons available today are infinitely more precise and deadly than those available in 1860, when Wilkes Booth had to come within touching distance of Lincoln to be sure of him. The reason why we now have Texas Tower snipers is that sniper rifles are available. It does not happen only in America (check out events in Germany and Finland in the last few years) but it happens far more frequently there than anywhere else, and if you think that has nothing to do with the enormously widespread gun ownership in your country, you must be a man of robust faith, to say the least.
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Date: 2011-01-11 11:12 am (UTC)