American gun use is out of control. Shouldn't the world intervene? | Henry Porter | Comment is free | The Observer

This is what the British very liberal press thinks should happen to us. It's not clear what our laws of this sort have to do with the UK. One would think that the writers there would be interested in the titanic problems closer to home. Maybe the UN could step in there...Ed

"The annual toll from firearms in the US is running at 32,000 deaths and climbing, even though the general crime rate is on a downward path (it is 40% lower than in 1980). If this perennial slaughter doesn't qualify for intercession by the UN and all relevant NGOs, it is hard to know what does."