Our junior senator, I see, is joining other Republicans in blaming the recent rash of mass shootings on a mental health crisis. “The common theme of almost all these mass shootings is the social alienation of sick young men, often fueled by social media,” he said in a Twitter post. Well, Sen. Sullivan, if we are such a nation of sickos, why are large-magazine assault rifles so freely available? Would you hand Lizzy Borden a new ax? Sharpen stakes for Vlad the Impaler? Or buy new cutlery for Hannibal Lecter? No? Then why do we allow “sick young men” to freely buy the most murderous weapons on the planet?
— Dale Geroth, Anchorage
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