I think I’ll let this editorial from the Eugene Register-Guard in Oregon stand as a commentary worth reading in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in Connecticut.
I’ll just add one thought that’s been rolling around in my noggin this morning.
I cannot help but wonder what the nation’s founders had in mind when they crafted the Second Amendment to the Constitution. It declares that the right to keep and bear arms shall be a citizen’s right. Did they ever envision a nation that would grow through the course of two centuries into a place where mass murders break the hearts of hundreds of millions of Americans?
The nation governed by that Constitution is reeling – once again – because of an insane act.
What would those founders be thinking today?