Simple truths

Very few things are really new in this world.  The names change. The shapes change. The force may change, but the results remain pretty much unchanged.

The old saying, "Live by the sword, die by the sword," was written before guns were invented.

But one thing is certainly true: no one has ever been shot by a gun that wasn't there.

When people keep guns in their bedside tables, when mothers keep them in their purses, when unstable people (and supposedly stable ones too) have access to guns -- then people are more likely to be shot.

How that can surprise anyone is beyond me.