Dinesh Kamath's Editorial (Golden Opportunity for Obama) that was pubished in Newsband

Golden Opportunity for Obama

Many of the cities which have the strictest gun laws have the highest homicide rate. Historically, passage of gun control laws has at best done nothing, and at worst has caused the homicide rate to increase.

The Wisconsin tragedy makes one really sad because this incident occurred in the biggest democratic country of the world. Both the democrats and the republicans in American Parliament should together do something drastic to prevent such disasters in future.

The Gun lobby is very powerful in USA, and because of this, the life of great presidents like Abraham Lincoln and Kennedy were shortened. The election debate is on in America, and the issue relating to the freedom to have guns should be discussed to help all in the land of immigrants. That will be a wise step and the real pathway to guarantee peace In Lincoln's land.

Although in America it is easy to get guns, the number of crimes committed there is far less as compared to India. In India a large numbers of boys and girls are sexually assaulted, a huge number of girls are murdered inside and outside the womb, many youngsters are killed in the name of "honor" because they choose to marry outside their caste, the millions die from starvation, dehydration and other poverty-related diseases caused by living in filth and also there are numbers of people who die in traffic accidents from either rage or sheer negligence.

What does our government do when such ugly incidents occur. All it does is come up with strong statements. No justice is done to the innocent. So when the Indians hold the American government responsible for the tragedy that occurred at Wisconsin they should remember the maxim: He who lives in a glass house, should not throw stones.

Criminals do not necessarily need guns to commit murders. People burning Graham Staines alive along with his two children did not use guns. As regards the statistics, more people are killed in India in road and due to rash driving. Should this lead to a ban on vehicles?

The fact is the elections are coming close in both India and America. So the governments of both the countries have to do something drastic about controlling crimes in their respective countries.

If U.S. smells even in a remote corner of the world the slightest human rights violations, it is in the forefront to condemn it. Both Obama and Mitt Romney have a paramount task to reassure the people of the US in a clear and categorical manner that the administration will not be a mute spectator to such mass killings in places where people of different ages, culture and ethnicity assemble in large numbers as part of their day to day activities. Now is the time for Obama to forcefully speak up against the gun culture and lay a roadmap for its legislative elimination for which the entire humanity will be indebted to him.