tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post6580248481694899219..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: Sandy Hook Should Teach Us How To ThinkDon Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-38412475468681206942013-01-01T18:36:38.545-05:002013-01-01T18:36:38.545-05:00As always, a very appropriate comment.As always, a very appropriate comment.Don Pescihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-47153992947462631952012-12-21T09:38:17.288-05:002012-12-21T09:38:17.288-05:00Our legislatures can do little to prevent mass mur...Our legislatures can do little to prevent mass murders. At this point, it would make more sense for them to un-do some of the restrictions on guns that are already in place. Particularly, we should have more private guns in what are now gun-free-zones. John Lott has been pushing this argument for years, and it may very well be that the shooter in the Oregon mall a couple of weeks ago was effectively deterred from further destruction because he saw that he was confronted by another armed man. (http://minutemennews.com/2012/12/oregon-mall-shooting-brave-citizen-with-concealed-carry-may-have-saved-lives/)<br />I also think it's past time that our cultural confusion and disarray be considered. Not that a legislature can remedy directly cultural decline, but it can stop doing harm. Same with our courts.<br />Here is the New York school prayer that the Supreme Court of Harvard Lawyers threw out in 1962 as violative of the U.S. Constitution's "establishment clause" as enforced on states via the 14th amendment's due process clause.<br />Regent's prayer<br />Almighty God,<br />we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee,<br />and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents,<br />our teachers and our country.peter brushnoreply@blogger.com