NRA's Half-Cocked Idea: "We'll Fix The Gun Problem . . . With More Guns!"

After what for them was an eternity of silence, the National Rifle Association today finally had something to say about the slaughter of little children in the Connecticut elementary school.

Wayne LaPierre, NRA head honcho and nauseating scumbag, told us that the cause of gun violence is not easy access to guns, it's not the availability of assault weapons, it's not lax gun registration rules and background checks, it's not gun "enthusiasts" with a small armory in their homes, it's not even that crazy kid over there with a goddam AR-15 in his hand.

No, Wayne says the real causes of gun violence are TV, movies, music and video games, not actual people bearing actual arms. Oh, I see -- the semi-automatic assault rifle is just a symptom.

But Wayne and the NRA have a solution to the problem:  They propose to have armed guards in every school in America.  And while we're at it, armed teachers.  Hell, most of the older kids are responsible -- let's have them strap up too.  Guns all around!  It's an all-shoot!

Every school an armed camp?  The proposal is certifiably insane.  This sick mentality is reminiscent of the nuclear arms race, where the deterrence was supposedly in "mutually-assured destruction."  (Acronym MAD.)

It's time for the NRA to go away.