Whatever the rest of the world thinks, whatever Rosie O’Donnell thinks, whatever big city mayors, present and former, think—it remains unlikely that the murder of 32 innocents in Blacksburg will alter the basic guns-for-all equation of American life.
In the aftermath of the shooting, world leaders expressed condolences, but also took it upon themselves to comment on what Australian Prime Minster John Howard referred to as America’s “gun culture.” The British Home Minister, who happens to hold a degree from Virginia Tech, said he hoped the event would “prompt a serious and reflective debate on gun issues and gun laws in this states…....