Asa Hutchinson has gotta be kidding. The National Rifle Association announced that Republican Asa Hutchinson had been chosen to lead a study on school safety.
The National Rifle Association, with Arkansas Republican gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson as front man for the gun lobby, has a Washington news conference at 10 a.m. to announce their suggestion for response to recent gun violence in school.
Speaking of topics certain to be not so warmly received in certain regions of Arkansas: Check this New York Times editorial on the fallacy of the increased safety offered by guns:
But there is a more fundamental problem with the idea that guns actually protect the hearth and home.
A history lesson the 2nd Amendment this week from Ernie Dumas. Not that it will influence any congressional votes, particularly in the South, in favor of any gun control measures supported by a black president.
Yesterday was Gun Appreciation Day across this exceptional land and it produced a fair amount of gun-related news:
* GUNS: APPRECIATE WITH CARE:In case you missed it, five people were injured at three accidental shootings at Gun Appreciation Day events nationwide.
It's not too surprising, but disheartening just the same that the state's top legal officer, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, has thrown in with the demagogues and dishonest Republicans who suggest, without giving any specifics, that any reaction to making guns safer is an assault on the Second Amendment.