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RASH OF U.S. SHOOTINGS BRINGS GLOBAL OUTRAGE

Feb 4 2008

Brussels, Belgium – In the first of its kind, a meeting of minds is trying to bring answers to the continued shootings occurring in the United States.  Representatives from leading European and Asian medical organizations, leading gun manufacturers, and smuggling organizations have come together to try to develop a plan to bring mass shootings to more countries.

“Simply put, we are tired of the United States having a monopoly on casual weapon usage.” Says gun runner Sebastien Carmine. “We can no longer stand idly by and allow a US monopoly to damage our reputations.”

Between school shootings and rampages in public areas, the United States has become the leader in casual mass killing over the last two decades. A trend the minds here see as detrimental to both the reputation and economies of the European and Asian worlds.

“Do you know that in Japan, there has not been a single mass shooting in the last ten years? I can’t even count how many have occurred in the US in that time. It’s creating an unfair murder discrepancy. US gun manufacturers are recording record profits while we struggle with simply providing guns to terrorists and warlords. This casual market is an untapped resource.” Akiro Hanubi of the Kyushi Raiders says. “To remain competitive, we must have more rampages.”

That is exactly what this conference sets out to make happen. Leading doctors and psychologists’ are also well represented. The ongoing debate as to whether the availability of guns or the psychological state of the individuals committing the rampages is an issue of heated debate here.

“Whether it’s poverty, abuse, or some other environmental factor is still an issue of great conflict here. It is the generally accepted opinion that it is not simply the availability of guns that causes these incidents, but something much deeper and it is important that we find those issues and replicate them as effectively as possible.” Stated leading researcher Hans Halbert of the Swedish Psychological institute.

Many here see this not only as issue of corporate competiveness, but also as an important growth sector for individual economies.

Bertrand Hassman of the European Union Economic development fund, the sole representative of that organization, says “The union sees this as a small segment of the overall economy and have declined to put many resources into this issue. I am here to assess the  overall economic benefits this could bring to the economy and determine whether or not it is a significant area for us to invest in. After all, there are 500 million people in the EU, far more than in the US, so there is plenty of opportunity for growth.”

“You can not take out the pride factor as well. The United States has been so prominent on the world stage, it’s time for other countries to step up and take their rightful place in the world.” Says Phanishwar Singh, a representative of the Indian Socialist party.

The determination here is quite clear. “Casual killing is not going to go away. And there is no way we can survive solely on housewives killing their abusive husbands anymore. It’s time we had a shift in the way we think about murder and it’s benefits both to our bottom line and the lives of our citizens.” adds Carmine.

And this issue is not likely to go away soon. Early next year a conference is scheduled in Manila to  address the effects of gun use amongst toddlers. 

Emil Uliya, International Correspondent

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