Like the spiked "war club" and the shotgun shell we found outside the library, the latter all tricked out so that it MIGHT go off like a mini-grenade when thrown.

I own guns, I shoot guns, and I enjoy shooting guns. Respectable shots do NOT knowingly sell guns to criminals or engage in "straw man" sales. Respectable gun owners lock their guns and ammo up, seperately.

But any culture which says to youth "Violence is THE ONLY answer" and "Weapons are ends in themselves" is asking for violence. Let's start in the home, in the schools, in the streets, and, especially, in the media.