America's Love affair with guns

Last night, the pundits on nearly every channel spent hours covering the latest mass shooting at Ft. Hood in Texas.   To an outside observer it would have seemed like this must be an aberration in an otherwise peaceful country.  To anyone paying attention it was only 20 more casualties to add to the nearly 40,000 deaths and injuries due to gunfire since the Sandy Hook school shootings last April. More deaths are caused by shootings than by automobiles.  In a sane world, there would be a counter on every TV screen, newspaper and internet site shouting out the news to all.  I guess our 2nd amendment "rights" don't include the right to know what the gun lobby, the NRA and the credulous gun nuts among us have wrought in our society.   America, I love this place!