Dear gun. Fear gun.

30 March 2007
New Zealand - "A 9-year-old boy shot his sister in the chest with an air rifle. Police said he should not have had access to a gun." Isn't that a little bit like 'stating the obvious?' I wonder what the parents are feeling now.

The irony here is that the gun that you've 'trusted' to protect you, could be the very gun that turns against you.

After the past Columbine High School incident in the U.S. (15 dead, including the two gunmen), I think it's pretty clear what damage gun is capable of.

However, with the U.S. Virginia Tech Campus Shooting two days ago (33 dead, including the gunman, Cho Seung Hui, a South Korean native), it's pretty clear that no one has learnt from the past mistakes. Seriously, having guns around is just not funny anymore.

And I'm totally disgusted at how easy it is own a gun these days. *Sigh. My fear is that there'll be more to come.

Does it look like anyone will relook into the gun ownership issue? From the looks of it so far? I say unlikely.