A Modest Proposal

By: GreyCloak (Diary)  |  December 20th at 03:20 AM  | 

I dearly want to save the Nation another pointless discussion of gun control.  The fact is, crazy people kill people, and Congress can’t or won’t address the the far more contentious issue of controlling crazies.  After all, the only solution to that would require banning anyone having ever been confined to a psychiatric institution or anyone having ever been prescribed psychiatric drugs from owning guns.  | Read More »

I Grieve for Newtown and Chengping

By: GreyCloak (Diary)  |  December 16th at 03:36 PM  | 

We and China experienced horrific events on Friday  morning:  26 children and adults killed in Newtown, Connecticut, 22 school children and one adult killed in Chengping, Henan Province..  20-year-old Adam Lanza stole his weapons;  it would have been illegal for him (under existing Federal Law) to purchase the handguns he had.  36-year-old Min Yingjun used a knife;  in the US, knives over about four inches | Read More »