This is just nuts. how can we possibly be proud of this sort of "exceptionalism." It's a tragedy.

[kpete]

Teach your children well

by digby

Yes, this is what every parent wants their child to see every day when they go to school:

“So when you have a gun-free zone at a school, it’s like an invitation, if you are crazy and want to shoot people, that’s where you go. I would do the opposite. I would have and encourage every school in American put stickers on every window going into the school saying, ‘We are armed. Come in at your own peril. We have concealed carry for teachers who have it and we also have armed security and you will be shot.’”
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/rand-paul-put-stickers-school-windows-warning-you-will-be-shot

We might as well be living in a war zone.

Just as a reminder, other countries don't have to do this sort of thing:








Bigger Charts & more info:
http://www.vox.com/2015/8/24/9183525/gun-violence-statistics
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/06/18/11-essential-facts-about-guns-and-mass-shootings-in-the-united-states/
........

These gun zealots keep talking about how it's not the guns it's the mental illness. I'm beginning to see things their way. It is mental illness for people to defend this lunacy. If we're going to start involuntarily committing people the best place to start would be with the Republican presidential candidates.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/teach-your-children-well.html