SICKENING – AT 10:31 A.M. ET:   Is there any limit to the vulgarity of some of our politicians?  Some have used yesterday's tragedy in Virginia to push their "gun control" agenda, even though areas with the strictest gun controls are often the areas with the highest crime rates.  These politicians never miss an opportunity to advance themselves, even as others grieve.

Don't get me wrong.  As a responsible gun owner, I believe there are things that can be done to reduce gun violence.  The savage who murdered two journalists in Virginia yesterday had a history of deeply disturbing behavior.  Yet, he was able to buy a gun and pass a background check...probably because his mental-health status was not in the federal database.  And it appears that no one ever intervened to get him the help he probably needed.  Mental health must come to the fore in the gun debates. 

I should also note that, while much attention was given to the murderer's complaints about discrimination and his upset over the Charleston shootings, no attention was given to the fact that he attended San Francisco State University, one of the most radical schools in the United States.  I'd love to know what he was taught there. 

From the Washington Times: 

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that she felt “great heartache” over the shooting ambush that killed a TV news reporter and cameraman live on air in Virginia, pledging that as president she would fight for more gun-control laws.

“We have got to do something about gun violence in America — and I will take it on,” Mrs. Clinton said in an on-camera statement to reports while on campaign trail in Iowa.

In an emotional plea for more restrictive gun laws, Mrs. Clinton said that too many people know that the availability of firearms is a problem in the United States but avoid the subject because “it is hard.”

“It is a very political, difficult issue in America,” he said. “But I believe we are smart enough, we are compassionate enough to figure out how to balance the legitimate Second Amendment rights with preventive measures and control measures so that whatever motivated this murderer, who eventually took his own life — we will not see more deaths, needless, senseless deaths.”

COMMENT:  Please notice the lack of specifics.  Same old story.  A sound bite in place of thought.

August 27, 2015