In the days to come, there will be a lot of talk of the shooter, of the domestic and political ramifications of this, of security issues, of global concerns. So, just wanted to take a minute to say. This man. Stephen Tyrone Johns, who was 3 years younger than me. This man, died to protect other people. He worked at the museum for 6 years. He met and interacted with people from all over the world and carried his duty and responsibility with excellence.
We must value lives like this more than fake-trumped up 2nd amendment rights claims. His life was important. The man who killed him, and would have killed others if he had not valiantly done is his job, should NOT have been able to be anywhere near guns or anything else that he could use to hurt people. As hurting people was his intent. He wanted to go there and kill people. And we protect his rights to buy the tools he needs to do so.
When will the USA admit to itself and the world that our gun policy does not work?
My sympathy to Stephen's family.
Crossposted from my blog http://www.fightingliberals.com/...