[M Kehoe]

"You can tell whether a camera is loaded by looking at it, and you should be able to tell whether a gun is loaded by looking at it," said David Hemenway, director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. Professor Hemenway has written "Private Guns, Public Health," a brilliant and clear-eyed primer for the country.

These clowns (Kristof included), just don't get it. Here is the simple solution to the problem posed above: ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED, SO DON'T POINT ONE AT ANYTHING YOU DON'T INTEND TO KILL!!! (Editorial comment only) DICKHEADs.

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[M Kehoe]

I forgot ASSUME (which is a bad word). As in:

ASSUME ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED, SO DON'T POINT ONE AT ANYTHING YOU DON'T INTEND TO KILL!!!

Sheesh, I get tired educating the journalists at the NYT.

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