A Matter of Seconds: More Guns, Kids, Lunacy

Another "sad" case involving guns/kids/alcohol: A four-year-old picked up a loaded gun at a family cook-out in Tennessee and killed the wife of a Sheriff's deputy. Two days later, another four-year-old shot a six-year-old in New Jersey. In more sad news, a GOP freshman lawmaker in Arizona cancelled his invite to a bulletproof vest retailer to do a sales pitch at the state Capitol because it "might look inappropriate." But he still thinks it's a great idea. He also still opposes gun control - as does the state Legislature - but he wants action to keep the mentally ill from getting guns because "we've got some wackos out there." R-i-g-h-t. Update : The six-year-old has died.

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