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Guns and Guts

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  Unable to fully comprehend the headline on today's WSJ main page, my kindergartner at the breakfast table this morning asked, "who killed the children and the teacher?" And then the rest of the questions were bombarded. "Why did he kill them"? "How did he get the gun"? "Who gave it to him"? She quickly realized that I did not have any convincing answers for her, so she concluded, "how peaceful and happy life would have been if that person didn't kill the children and the teachers".  My heart goes out to those mothers and fathers, who so lovingly would have gotten their children ready for school, packed their lunch boxes, and dropped them at school yesterday morning. If only they knew, they may not be able to see the little pieces of their hearts smile again, they would have done something differently!! Can we please stop this madness once and forever?? I do not understand what is wrong with this country!! Why can we not stop t