Culture and "Guns"

The availability and affordability is definitely a reason in the USA Back in forties I was in my village, and whenever there was altercation "Daang chal Gaiee" (use of stick or staff) was seen as Daang (Stick) was the only assault weapon easily affordable. Later after partition occasional pistol or rifle started being used but "Klashankawf" did not hit Pakistan until Russian invasion of Afghanistan. Culture changed overnight and spread rapidly to even those who could not afford--everybody had Klashankowff.(Maybe an exaggeration) That has not changed since then except for being worse. All kind of guns in Pakistan are being used by all. They would go kill a family with guns to put terror in the hearts of the whole mohalla. No doubt in the earlier days if anybody had a gun he would proudly show it off because it would impress others about how rich you are. That culture has always existed among the men from times immemorial and there is nothing we can do about it. "macho", Manhood expression, whatever you may call it it is the same that expressed by a young man racing on his motorbike just like his earlier counterpart used to race his horse. Automatic or semi-automatic gun however is serious business because it does not kill one in a second but many. Going back to the "daang" days only one person can be killed or injured but automatic makes even a novice kill many in a second Surely there can be some control that can be applied to reduce the massacres from multiple deaths to may be single ones. I do not know what NRA might say but sure they live amongst ourselves and have the same sensitivities about human life that non-NRA have. Culture will not change but in the USA I am seeing so many innocent lives had to sacrificed before meaningful laws and their application was brought out otherwise I always heard more about second clause of Constitution and that it cannot be challenged or altered: more sacred than Bible!!
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