John Podhoretz at Commentary has about the best take on the Connecticut massacre I've seen so far. Yes, the shooter was mentally ill. Still, there was an impulse inside him that existed not due to anything he'd experienced during his developmental years or any biochemical abnormalities.
As Podhoretz says, ensuring the protection of the weak and innocent is the core of the body of values that makes Western civilization distinct. Some new ban on whole categories of guns will not enhance that protection.
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