They will have achieved what working people as a group may well have to achieve, here in the not so distant future at all. Namely that they too will have to seize control of the economic debate, perform massive work walkouts, and march in solidarity with each other as much as they can. It might end up being the only thing that makes it clear to the wealthy few that business as usual is over.

And as far as the gun issue itself is concerned, let's be clear: You can't get rid of guns (any more than you can get rid of drugs); nor should you even want to try. You can, however, go a hell of a lot further in making sure that only sane, reasonably well adjusted individuals have quick access to them. And each community can make up its own mind as to what types of weapons to limit, and how they go about doing the limiting; understanding that coordinating these efforts with other communities only makes good sense (which is why we need to completely revamp weapons tracking so that we at least know who is having a problem with their share of limiting harm). That way we can negotiate better ways of doing harm limitation; ways everybody can live with.

Let's also be clear here that this is, in its essence, a statement of what government is supposed to be involved with. Something you can state fairly easily as the following: Government does a very bad job of trying to legislate against either stupidity, or mental illness, or outright evil, if you want to take it that far. What government can be good at, especially if you take money out of the equation, is limiting harm. And that is the way we need to approach this issue. Just as it ought to be with our approach to drugs.

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[Post Note: This just goes to show you the beautiful nature of the young. They don't know that something can't be done, so they just go out and try to do it. And sometimes they show us just how amazingly malleable the universe can be when you believe in something meaningful; something meaningful and steeped in balance. J.V.]

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[Post Note: This, of course, is what I'm talking about as far as all workers are concerned; whether you are hourly, or salaried. Whether you are a public, or private sector worker. This is what you are going to have to come to terms with doing, but on a much, much more massive scale nationwide. It may well be the only way we get them to take us seriously. J.V.]