Different views

Matthew Engel on US gun laws: “The most famous of the 27 amendments to the US constitution is probably the fifth… The most bewildering is the second.”

Another trans-Atlantic chasm became the hook for the opening episode of a new and enjoyable BBC series, Spooks. The baddies were radical anti-abortionists, led by a fanatical American. Makes a change from drug dealers and Arab terrorists. Incidentally, the BBC has started an interactive game based on the series, which should keep obsessives busy for a few weeks.