The one that got to me was the principal of the school in which the little girl was shot by a 6-year-old boy. No one -- NO ONE -- should ever, ever have to deal with that, and have that memory for the rest of her life.

I live in Canada, and of course, American news is well-known here. Every time a gun-related incident, or massacre, or bell-tower shooting takes place, someone (usually a politician) comes on and asks how such a tragedy could take place in America. My husband and I, in unison, yell "It's the guns, stupid!"

It's so damned obvious, isn't it?