America, The Crazy

If you haven't heard, there was a shooting at an Aurora Movie Theater that I have patronized in the past. Needless to say, it was at the premier of the new Batman, the perfect background for a deranged shooter (who is now in custody, according to newscasts). There is no other civilized country in the world where the reaction to a shooting with multiple killings is that the freaks come out and say that the solution is for all citizens to walk around with weapons. Be prepared for a barrage of right-wing nutjobs to say that gun laws need to be relaxed. (The death toll is at 14 right now, and there were 50 injured, which means that semi-automatic weapons must have been involved. Should we all start walking around with AK-47?)