“looks like you’ve got some light fiction reading,” I said as I sat down next to the young man.
 He laughed and said it was a fascinating book - Assassin’s Gate by a New Yorker writer.ÂÂ
I didn’t bring up what I knew would be a controversial subject until later in the flight. We went down the road of tabo subjects - politics and religion.
“I don’t always follow the party line on political issues,” I said. “I’m against the death penalty as a deterrent to murder, but I’m also against gun control. I believe if someone wants to kill, it’s not because of the weapon they hold in their hand, but because of the condition of their heart. If they want to kill, and they don’t have a gun, they’ll find another way to do it.”ÂÂ
It’s odd that I said that on the day that someone killed 32 people with a gun. Perhaps stricter gun control would have saved more lives. Perhaps he would have found another way.ÂÂ
I’m not sure that I’m as against gun control today as I was yesterday.ÂÂ
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