Trigger Happy Testing

Another person has been shot by police in the USA. Seven times does seem rather excessive; however, it's even more surprising that the victim is still alive after having seven rounds of ammunition pumped into him, although it seems he's unlikely to ever walk again.

The facts have yet to be established, but this is bound to happen in a country where no-one can be certain whether anyone else is carrying a gun or would use it - it makes one a tad trigger-happy and apt to shoot first and ask questions later. Our own experience with knife crime in the UK bears this out and kids are carrying knives for no other reason than someone else may be doing so. It's an arms race.

The NRA makes much capital from the Swiss gun laws, which are among the most liberal in the world, but the Swiss keep their guns at home and don't wander around the streets with concealed weapons - that's illegal in most cases.

In another story, a German university is conducting a tightly controlled trial music event with 1,500 volunteers to see how different strategies can assist is halting the spread of C-19. How enlightened.

Meanwhile, KFC has paused its Finger Lickin' Good slogan as inappropriate during a pandemic where touch is a key vector....