I hear so many people say we are not living in a War Zone while many others say we are. What constitutes a War Zone? Is it when the civilians are killed indiscriminately? Is it when men, women, and children are mowed down by automatic weapons?

            We say it is criminal for Russia to be killing civilians with their drones, missiles, artillery and guns. In fact over fifteen thousand were killed by the Russians in the Ukraine during 2023. The Israeli military has killed over forty thousand so far in Gaza. These deaths were militaries killing civilians by the thousands from afar or from high above.

            Is it a War Zone when its military killed civilians like in Croatia? What is it called when civilians kill other civilians in large numbers? We usually think various parts of American cities are War Zones because of gang warfare but what is it when a small town grade school has students and staff killed? Here’s the facts on civilian Deaths” Ukraine – over 15,500 in 2023, Gaza – over 40,000 in the last year, and the United States over 42,500 in 2023. At what level of death do we say we live in a War Zone?

            The pro-gun lobby says regulations and restrictions don’t work and use northern big cities in gun control states as an example. What they don’t say is those states are next to states with few, if any, gun laws. The vast majority of the guns confiscated in Chicago and Cook County came from other states and particularly from Indiana.

            Only a tiny percentage of the murders in America are caused by people with what we consider mental problems. Most of it is because the killer had a gun when the victims angered them. If the Supreme Court says the Second Amendment allow us to carry guns then why can’t we carry them into their court? Would that become a War Zone?