Moronic

'The only way to stop a madman with a gun is with another gun. The only solution is to arm the teachers.'
A soundbite I've heard on the radio news within the past hour, from the author of this book, referring, needless to say, to the Sandy Hook massacre. My immediate reaction was almost apoplectic anger, I actually said, out loud, 'STFU, you stupid, stupid man!' The only solution? To a country already awash with guns, is to inject even more guns? The only fucking solution? Well how about two immediate - or, at least, immediate once I'd calmed down a bit - flaws in his 'solution'. If I'm a gunman, bursting into a classroom, knowing the teacher is likely to be armed, what do I do? Shoot the teacher first, obviously. I doubt that the teacher would have a cocked and loaded firearm constantly in hand while endeavouring to impart knowledge to their charges. And what about the reaction to the first, and I would say inevitable, incident where a pupil got hold of a teacher's gun and turned it on classmates or the teacher themselves?
Some would doubtless say that I'm an effete, bleeding-heart European liberal who doesn't understand American culture. Mea culpa - I don't understand how an author, who doubtless considers himself part of the 'mainstream' can spout such utter, arrant imbecility. And given the other great American obsession, religion, how about this take on a well-known biblical quotation, attributed to Gandhi:

"An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind."

Love & best wishes to all

Sammy B