“There have been fewer than 20 terror-related deaths on US soil since 9/11, but around 364,000 caused by privately owned firearms”. (The Observer)

How can it be that a huge proportion of the American population is un-moved by this statistic? Were you living in ancient Greece and you were to recount the above fact to your fellow Greeks, philosophers or not, they would think you were a fantasist or a plain liar. No one would believe you. People living today outside the United States can hardly believe it, either.