Anyone who has any iota of awareness on happenstance in America would have realized that being a high school student in the US of A is a pretty hazardous existence. In addition to the chance of your high school sweets wandering off behind the gym for a bit of ‘ball practice’ with the Ol’ gym teacher there is also the off chance that that kid you didn’t say ‘hi’ to in the morning might have got pissed. Pissed enough that is to come back to school the next day and blow you to kingdom come (and a bit further if you are a popular kid). Hell there’s even the chance someone who someone didn’t say ‘hi’ to when you were barely an atom on the world stage might come put a bullet in you like in the Amish case. All in all, perhaps basic training should start a bit early these days and “run away from the pimply kid with the gun” should be added to that old lexicon of “don’t talk to strangers.”

The solution some genius has come up to deal with the mini insurgency? Arming teachers. Yes, take a long pause there, ruminate a bit over what you just read and trust me you didn’t read wrong. The solution is not less guns for the crazies to utilize in popping innocents, but more guns…sigh..sometimes there’s so much stupidity in this world, I’m just left speechless and longing for a stiff Rum and Coke and some pork curry. So I’m off to get both of those….

Meanwhile to those of you who come up with these ideas, I believe the Darwin Awards are looking for nominees.