Cut Me A Major Slice

This is from Yahoo News, so really, forget about a link.

“Il Manifesto said the shooting was ‘as American as apple pie.’ ”

Heartwarming.

The end of the report (probably Reuters—yes, damn, it is) you could write in your sleep:

“More than 30,000 people die from gunshot wounds every year in the United States.”

This is what passes for public discussion of gun control. Squeezing in a few remarks—which happen to be true, of course—at the end of a horribly relevant tragedy.

See them lefty-liberal Reuters editors at work?

Well, babe, that's about all we can do. A few statements of appalling fact ...

“... there are more guns in private hands than in any other country.”

Prolly Commies at that—what the hell kinda name is Rooters, Royters anyway. Sounds like furriners to me.

And, always, this wistful, terrible truth:

“A powerful gun lobby and grass-roots support for gun ownership rights have largely thwarted attempts to tighten controls.”

And you thought this was a democracy. The more fool you.