If you feel so strongly about it, then sit down and write a check to Planned Parenthood. Get your friends and neighbors to do the same. That was the American way to do things up until a half century ago. That way you can get the wish you espouse in your last sentence.

It is nice that you have saved some of your own money for retirement, but as they say, "You didn't earn that." Nancy Pelosi has already mooted that we need some kind of a wealth tax (see France). I am really afraid that as the politicians get desperate, they will see that money sitting in the 401k plans and IRAs and tell us, "The tax deferment is over, we want it now!" Politicians are not entirely stupid, they will do what is necessary to win the next election. The populace has become accustomed to "free" stuff. They will riot if they think that will be taken away from them (see Greece). Good Luck with that!

I think Kevin McCullough hit the nail square on the head. We as a nation have abandoned the concept of evil as a force in the world. Why in the past few decades have events like this become relatively commonplace? A cop looks at means, motive, and opportunity to uncover the culprit in a crime. Applying this concept to this crime leads me to some very disturbing conclusions. If anything, the means and the opportunity have become more difficult since the 1960's. At that time access to weapons and to places where people gather was arguably easier, yet there were not attacks like this. We now have a myriad of gun laws and regulations. Sandy Hook was locked down already when the shooter showed up.

My wife owns a small fast food restaurant. The current labor laws greatly inhibit hiring high school age workers. First of all they cannot touch some of the food making equipment, others they cannot clean, they cannot wash knives, they cannot operate the cash register, and the hours that they are allowed to work are limited. In addition, the minimum wage here of $8/hour makes hiring them expensive. We manage to hire a few, but have to pass most by.