just as much violence in a football game

I started off this month reminiscing about Columbine, and by sheer coincidence, hell came to Newtown, Connecticut. The gravity of the situation has resulted in some reflection by the few intelligent voices in the media. We can expect the usual posturing by political leaders, and thanks to the power they think the gun lobby wields, we can expect no meaningful action to occur. Lockdown procedures at schools will be "improved" and something like this will happen again in 8 or 12 months. We Americans are nothing if not creatures of habit.