Gun Violence, Health Care and the Destruction of American Lives

How could any of us see the photo of John Lennon’s blood covered eyeglasses released by Yoko Ono recently and not mourn the senseless gun related deaths numbering over a million souls since December 1980 when Lennon was gunned down? The right to carry guns and “defend” oneself seems to have trumped the right to be safe and secure when we walk down the street or send our children to school or see our teenagers off to work at a local pizza parlor.