Sales of armored backpacks for kids soar

But, if you really cared, you would give them an automotive crash helmet, because they are at much greater risk of dying in a car wreck than being shot by a mass murderer.  People just can’t pass up an excuse to get hysterical.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.  I know we’re probably all burned out on the discussions, parasitic news coverage, and political opportunism related to the Newtown shooting, but I particularly liked Glenn Greenwald’s take on it.  Killing kids seems to really get people worked up.  If the killing is the result of a terrorist or military attack, many people probably start thinking about vengeance.  a Luckily, the DHS keeps us safe from the anger triggered by the innocent people  we kill in places like Pakistan, so we have nothing to worry about.