Put out the fire

In the sorrow-filled wake of today's Virginia Tech bloodbath, we have to evaluate at least one thing, whether people like it or not.

The Democrats have had to bow to the gun lobby and the pro-gun libertarians to make as many gains as they have. Jon Tester, for example, probably could owe his squeaker victory to being strongly pro-gun. A quote from him:

"With things like the Patriot Act," Tester said, "We'd damn well better keep our guns."

So, pro-gun lobby, now that you're with us in preventing the bloodbaths abroad, how can we work together to prevent the bloodbaths here? Arming everybody is off the table. There are some people out there with a certain amount of emotional immaturity that would cause me to lose sleep if I knew they could pick up a gun in a second. A gun, you must admit at least, is as dangerous as a car. And sure, some guns are less dangerous than others, obviously, but no matter what, their primary purpose is to put metal pieces through other things. Unsafe at certain speeds, if you catch my drift.

So, snark aside, we're here for your freedom that, as you've said, has been given to you by the Bill of Rights. Now help us work for the freedom of schoolkids who want to live.