News alert, not that it make a whole lot of difference: The weapon was NOT an automatic, that is, it was not a machine gun. It was a semi-automatic. That makes a big difference legally. It makes no difference to those injured or to the loved ones of those who were killed. I have a friend whose daughter is in a vegatative state because the bf for whom a restraining order was handed down, knocked at her door and threw sulfuric acid in her face. A whack job. Ban sulfuric acid. I have heard of people having their thoats slit ear to ear with one swipe of a blade, certain and almost instantaneous death. Ban sharp things. etc. If that would only really work. Alas, for the world we live in.

How about identify the nut cases early and do something positive to help or re-direct them before thay go off the deep end. Don't just kick them out of school, refer to mental health and alert the proper authorities. Spot the loners with violent or anti-social tendencies. We could do much more than has been done to date.

The connection between what this guy called politics and what sane folks call politics is lightyears apart. One report is saying that two of his favorite books were The Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf. This guy was in a party of one. Look, if you insist on making this about politics, what exactly are you doing to the level of rhetoric? How does that help bring much needed unity to this nation? If we can't come together over this tragedy we will never come together at all and a house divided cannot stand. If division is all you know or embrace then war ultimately follows. Is that what you want? More bloodshed, on a massive scale? Just keep up the hard nosed rehtoric, both side and eventually, that's what you will have.