When the Homily is about Immunology

Do you feel safe?

The citizens of the United States are the most "heavily armed" in the world.

Why is this news? Seriously, what does this tell us? What is the point?

Check this out: "Firearms are very unevenly distributed around the world. The image we have of certain regions such as Africa or Latin America being awash with weapons -- these images are certainly misleading"

Ummm...I never had an image of such regions as Darfur being awash with weapons, rather they are awash with PEOPLE readily willing - often en mass - to do violence upon one another (whether with guns, knives, sticks, stones, or bare hands). What does it tell us when there are places with FAR less handguns per capita that are none-the-less FAR more dangerous and violent?

It's not whether Nigeria has one gun per 100 people, its about WHO happens to be holding that one gun.

So if gun ownership scares and concerns you....ummmm....move to Sudan? Nigeria?

Of course, in the end we learn these numbers are all estimates. I'm sure they had reliable computer models that showed how many AK's are circulating through private (or worse yet: governmental) hands in Latin America and Africa.