News tonight confirms that Senator Wicker of Mississippi was the target of an attack made by sending the poison ricin through the mail to his office. The package containing the ricin never made it to the office; the security measures used to test mail destined for congressional offices found it and dealt with it. According to the news, the authorities even believe that they know the identity of the sender from the nature of the enclosed letter.
Okay, so we have a loony louie out there attempting to send death to a senator. Obviously, the person is not the brightest since he also sent a letter which identifies him or her.
This event is important in the context of the ongoing debate over gun control. Here is someone who is clearly nuts and who was able to get his hands on ricin. Let me say that more appropriately: this crazy person got RICIN!!!!! Ricin is not something that is just sold in a gun shop or at a gun show. People do not have ricin in a jar around the house. It is nearly impossible to obtain ricin. So how the hell did this nutso get the poison?
Maybe we all need to realize that those who want to kill are going to be able to do it whether or not we spend billions on background checks for guns.
Okay, so we have a loony louie out there attempting to send death to a senator. Obviously, the person is not the brightest since he also sent a letter which identifies him or her.
This event is important in the context of the ongoing debate over gun control. Here is someone who is clearly nuts and who was able to get his hands on ricin. Let me say that more appropriately: this crazy person got RICIN!!!!! Ricin is not something that is just sold in a gun shop or at a gun show. People do not have ricin in a jar around the house. It is nearly impossible to obtain ricin. So how the hell did this nutso get the poison?
Maybe we all need to realize that those who want to kill are going to be able to do it whether or not we spend billions on background checks for guns.
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