In Maine yesterday, there was a mass shooting. The 565th this year! (Don't get hysterical. That doesn't even average two a day. Close, yeah, but still under two a day.) 16 people dead and 50 more injured in a restaurant/bowling alley. The "primary person of interest" (caught on video) is a 40 year old Army reservist and firearms instructor with a "troubling mental health history."
I bet this is precisely what the Founding Fathers and early Congress had in mind when they passed the "Second Amendment." (That whole "militia" thing was probably a smoke screen, because the government and the public really just wanted an excuse to see marginal individuals go to town on the general public. They were way past people fighting lions in stadia, and somewhat past gladiators.) It's no wonder no Congress since has wanted to finish repealing the "Second Amendment." I mean, what's the problem? We're all still having fun, right? And some of us even live to talk about how much fun we're having.
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