In other words, to paraphrase the old saw, "Never attribute to malice that which may adequately be explained by incompetence and/or ignorance"? Well, *THAT* is reassuring, make no mistake about it. We're NOT the victims of active malfeasance, just of raging serial ineptitude. Warms the cockles of my soul, it does. I can sleep much better at night now knowing that the Administration is not *trying* to wreck the republic; it just *is* by sheer blind luck.

There was no general election in the 2012 Presidential cycle. There was a thinly disguised second Democratic primary.

"We have an obligation to end slaughter" ...except when it profits the abortion industry?

If I were really cynical I'd say he was being punished for bringing an end to the incident before it could escalate into a "student shot on bus aren't guns evil" media circus. If I were really cynical that's what I'd say yep yep.

Let's see, where was that... Etowah, TN? In the 1940s, a bunch of returned vets and friends and neighbors pretty much did exactly that - staged a small-scale armed rebellion against a corrupt, crony-filled county administration, removed said corrupt politicians, staged a new election, then once the ballots were counted, hung up their guns and went back about their daily business. A right proper group of Twentieth Century minutemen they were.

Heck, if it'd take you thirty rounds to down one buck, then you need to use that high magazine capacity at the RANGE, son. :) Anyhow, I think I'd prefer an accurized .30-06 or .308 bolt gun anyhow. Well ok, I would not turn down an M1 or an M1a (civilian M14 lookalike, much like the AR-15 is a civilian M-16 lookalike). One aimed round on target beats a half dozen 3round bursts in the general direction anyhow. :)

Oh, and apparently no ability to laugh at himself. Forgot that one. :)

Piers Morgan (much like his somewhat more erudite (well, ok, considerably more erudite) counterpart on the right, Rush Limbaugh) is NOT a journalist. He is an ENTERTAINER, who uses the trappings of journalism as a framework for his entertainment. Think Jon Stewart, only with more pricey restaurant meals under his ample belt, and far too intense a sense of his own importance.

Courts from the Nine Black Robes behind Capitol Hill on down have consitently ruled that, "protect and serve" stencils on patrol cars notwithstanding, police forces are under NO LEGAL OBLIGATION to protect civilians. Police are there to investigate crimes and apprehend perpetrators. (Well, and to keep donut shops solvent in a down economy, but I digress :) (That was a joke, son; ah keep a-pitchin' 'em and you keep a-missin' 'em!) ). Even in circumstances and environments wherein one's legal options and tools are limited, one still is one's own recourse when a threat arises.

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