++Normally I would pontificate about the killings of 6 and 7 year old children. President Obama did a superb job of that yesterday with his speech at the prayer vigil for the children and the adults who tried to protect them. It should be mentioned he never used the word "gun". He didn't have to.
++ The incident comes on the heels of a rash of such incidents over the last few years. I sense that there has been a mood change in the country with this obscenity. Politicians are now speaking up for gun restrictions in the face of the NRA's lobbying efforts. The NRA has been silent during this time and the 31 pro-gun Senators would not appear on Face The Nation this past Sunday. The pro-gun forces are in retreat for the first time in decades.
++We can play amateur shrink and reflect on our own culture about where this disease comes from and how to combat it. It is too complex to boil down to a few simple things but a few simple things in the area of gun restrictions can make a difference.
++Since Friday I have attempted to put my thoughts in order but I can't. I leave you with Emily Dickinson's beautiful lines:
"Unable are the loved to die.
For love is immortality."
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