Homeland Security flunks
on guidelines for schools
What happened in Sandy Hook is, by definition, an "act of terror," whether by a crazed individual or a terrorist cell.

So, the potential for such a tragedy was well known. Yet, it appears, Homeland Security put out no realistic security guidelines for America's schools. Had the federal securocrats been doing their job, they would have strongly encouraged school systems to put in place basic security
measures. But the leadership just wasn't there.

Now there is no way to be sure that better security would have disrupted this event. But there's a fair chance of that.

Homeland Security wastes tax money harassing people who are too outspoken but doesn't do something as basic as encouraging proper school security, knowing full well schools are obvious targets of acts of terror.

Curious how much Homeland Security's strange lack of leadership is mirrored by the strange security lapses prior to the Benghazi fiasco.

Still, we must face the fact that a problem in America is the arms race in light weapons. Gun makers have an economic incentive to improve technology. Their business is to sell guns. Gangland usually snaps up the best stuff right on the heels of the military. The police say, "We've got to have equivalent firepower." The issue is  the economic system itself coupled with that old standby: fear (aka sin).

Even so, we must remember that in Soviet Russia, criminals got nice jobs in the KGB, and had the best weaponry.