Today I have re-thought my position on the second amendment.

[Kennah]

83. I don't know that it's so much an issue of weeding out lunatics

The economic disparity is greater here than almost anywhere else. The "everyone for himself" bullshit of the right collapses the safety nets, and those catch not only those who fall on hard times but those who suffer mental disability, which was likely the case with the shooter in Connecticut.

I agree with you in that if I thought it would bring an end to senseless violence like the murderous killing spree of children in school in Newtown, I would give up my guns. But I don't believe it would have any effect.

There may well be new gun laws, and perhaps even a return of the so-called assault weapon ban, but I don't foresee it changing anything. It could lead to another GOP political surge, but perhaps they've so marginalized themselves into lunacy that it won't.

The lines are clearly drawn. Plenty of bullshit talk on the right about "If only all the teachers were armed ..."

Having over a 100 hours of advanced firearms training, I suspect I'm far more capable of stopping a crazed killer on a shooting spree than the average range shooter. Although I have poked apart the armed teacher myth in the past, I just can't even think about it right now given the futility.

I don't foresee any solutions, just more tragedies. This one leaves me feeling numb and almost despondent.

This agnostic may turn to prayer.