I'm in the camp that believes that the individual should have tried a variety of different handguns before taking the leap; some may prefer the S&W M&P line, others Glock, H&K, etc. Ruger makes a dandy 9mm lately-since this column was first out-- with a .40 in the stable as well. Grateful we have the choices and the 2A!

The Left can be right a hundred times and it's not a scary situation... but the Right need only be right once for this to get real serious. And to think they actually believe it's just this once?!?

His ipinion is simply that; and like the anus, most folks have them, and they often stink.

Free speech is all well and good; poor taste and feeding into the template is poor judgement. I would hope for more civil discourse from TH commenters. Carry on.

I don't care what party affiliation John has; celebrating the death of a decent American puts him firmly on my list of people who should not be allowed to own a gun; it's an example of mental illness. Perhaps he would gladly give away the rest of his civil liberties... like freedom of speech. Sick human scum.

As far as objective, balanced information is concerned, Fox News is head-and-shoulders above the rest of the pack. Additionally, they provide time for opposing viewpoints, and despite the left's meme that the anchors are all right-wingnuts, I'd suggest they actually watch Shep Smith and Megyn Kelly. While Shep is more obvious, Megyn leans left-- more so over the past few years. Further, Fox seeks its own stories and reportage of same, rather than repeating the echo-chamber talking points. The only thing I see "wrong" is the preponderance of blondes :)! Sarcasm filter fail there... but you'll actually see and hear news from all angles, not just cookie-cutter White House talking points.

I find it interesting, to say the least, that he uses the "If it will save one child's life" arguement regarding "assault weapons" on the one hand, but on the other actively and openly supports the slaughter of innocents. It's beyond hypocrisy.

As a 30+ year nurse, i've been on the front lines of this trend, and seen the evolution of MRSA, C. Diff, and others that are antibiotic-resistant, as well as the results of over-utilization of antibiotics which helps lead to this problem. Our facility has a couple of the "bug-bots"; there has not been sufficient time to see whether they are cost-effective. One area absent from the article is the topic of visitors: if one has a debilitated patient and contaminated visitors, all the hospital's efforts are for naught.... but payment for treatment is still withheld. Visitors should be screened and educated as well!

And of the 44, 8 were convicted, as I recall. Pretty safe crime!

I've been going to gun shows since 1981; I've purchased many guns there up until the past 5 years, as there are fewer shows; I always had to fill out a Fed form 4473, and when NICS came in had that on top of the IL check. Some individual private sellers who had, say, a collector gun to sell but couldn't get a fair price at wholesale from one of the FFL holders would occasionally sell to another individual looking for that particular item, but such has been exceedingly rare, in my experience. Most criminals either steal the (illegal), have someone else buy them (illegal for both) or obtain them from another criminal in exchange for cash, drugs, goods, services (all illegal). Laws do NOT affect the criminals... they are criminals!