Baby, it was cold outside today. Somehow I put in two hours. Several people stopped by the floating book shop, but no one bought, although an employee of Coney Island Hospital asked me to put three books aside until tomorrow. Had he gone to the bank for cash, he would have been late from lunch. We'll see if he shows up. I'm not optimistic. According to the forecast, the snow storm won't begin until the evening. Six to twelve inches is expected. Ugh!
So what are we to make of the massacre in Arizona? Of course, the media is in overkill. The psychobabble is ridiculous. The most reprehensible on the right and left are trying to score political points. Opinions are being offered before all the facts are available. How ironic that Republican-turned-Democrat Senator Giffords has been pro-gun. No one would blame her, once she has recovered - at least at first - if her position changed. I just listened to a heart-breaking statement by Mr. Green, whose beautiful nine-year-old daughter, born on 9/11, was murdered by the whack job. He said his little girl wouldn't want to see freedoms curtailed because of this incident. At the moment he is clinging to his beliefs, but who would blame him were they to change? This is one of our free society's great debates - whether to ban handguns for everyone but law enforcement. There are thousands of gun laws on the books. Studies show that areas that have conceal and carry rights have the lowest crime rates. I do not own a gun. I wouldn't be comfortable having one, but I respect those who are. If guns were banned, I suspect homicides would increase, not fall. The postponement of the health care debate, another of our burning issues, is ridiculous, a bowing to terrorism. In a free society there will always be those who pervert freedom. After all, many see something as obvious as pornography as a form of free speech. I don't think it should be banned, but I doubt any of the participants care about anything more than getting off and getting rich. Gun control is a great debate, and we must bring facts, not speculation, to it.
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