Sadness Abounds in America

The reader who sent me this meme supports the banning of high-capacity rifle magazines, which, if it stands, will most certainly mean that fewer of our children and other loved ones will be blown to bits.

The problem, of course, is that this piece of legislation in the State of Washington will be challenged in various courts, and one of them will eventually overturn it.  The U.S. Supreme Court, in the extremely unlikely event that it gets that far, will refuse to hear it.

I love this reader’s enthusiasm, and I hope she will not be let down, but that’s all but inevitable. It’s one of what could be collectively called “our great American tragedies.”