You are correct here. This is one of the many deficits in my country. It is shocking what is happening here. Still, I do not believe in the typical knee jerk response by those leaders of the US. Something intelligent needs to be done about this. Heck, even the police in England are not carrying a firearm. They have a special unit for this, kind of like the SWAT squad here in the US. I do like many of the benefits of living here, however, this is not one of them.