A provocative thought experiment from a new friend, David Work, Executive Director Emeritus of The North Carolina Board of Pharmacy.
Whenever a bizarre killing occurs from gunshots such as the recent events producing two deaths and a wounded physician at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, we see predictable comments in the media. One group claims that more gun control laws are needed and the other says that guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
Wrong! Bullets kill people.
If we treated ammunition with just the same kind of restrictions that apply to legitimate Controlled Substances or Prescription Drugs, I believe the number of deaths due to gunshots in this country would be greatly reduced. A federal requirement that all ammunition must be ordered in writing with a specific quantity by a licensed Physician would certainly put a stop to mentally distressed people such as Paul Pardusin in Baltimore obtaining easy access to bullets. This kind of provision also would have intercepted the killers at Columbine High School in Denver.
