No point to allowing guns at MU

Monday, April 13, 2009 | 12:43 p.m. CDT; updated 11:20 a.m. CDT, Friday, April 17, 2009

Writing about guns, especially when it seems as if half the states are considering some new gun legislation, feels like “proceeding to the waterline of some Atlantic shore, flinging a thimbleful of tap water into the fathomless brine, and expecting anyone to notice,” to borrow an expression from a friend of mine. The talk on the Missourian Web site alone has been prodigious over the past few days.

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