unwontedly serious

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My niece is seven years old. I am sickened and reeling to hear about the elementary school massacre, and I can't even imagine what parents of children must be feeling, let alone the particular parents of those particular kids. I am also moved to admiration of the Harper's Weekly Review response, which is to start their monthly summary paragraph

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[dicedcaret]

The solution is obvious: arm the kids with guns so they can defend themselves.

http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2012/12/the-time-has-come-to-arm-our-6-year-olds-with-assault-weapons.html

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Or, as SFAM would have it, send the guns to school while you homeschool your kids. Also, arm the guns with other, smaller guns so they don't get hurt.

We don't need satire to tell us that the droolings of the gun lobby make no damned sense, but it does contribute a certain biting surreality to the proceedings.