Forty-plus years back I was all in favor of the NRA. Now, well...I support their safety programs. I did support their support of the shooting sports in the Olympics, but that's been moved to another organization.

Too much politics and too much uninformed hot air on both sides for my taste. I don't like "They'll take my guns when they pull them from my cold, dead hands" any more than I like the blanket statements of the other side. Mostly, I don't like the uninformed, inflammatory reporting of gun incidents, such as this one is.

The "young man" has reached "the long-awaited one-and-twenty" and is "free to hang...at last. As an independent adult, what's the point of identifying him as the son of an NRA Board member? The son did it, not the father. And I'd feel the same way if the person was identified as a veteran, an African-American, an Irish-American, or whatever -- this reinforces stereotyping.

The issue is that an adult shot out the window of a car, endangering others by his actions. Arrest him, convict him if guilty, and punish him according to law.

And yes, I own firearms -- I've said so elsewhere. And no, I'm not a member of the NRA (the NMLRA, yes, but not the NRA).