Stunning, and yet not surprising

In the last week, we've seen people falling over themselves to comment on the front page news that the Supreme Court struck down a D.C. handgun ban. Gun advocates rabidly fight to protect what they perceive as the "right" to keep and brandish what is, by design, a deadly weaon. And yet, this same week, an appalling story about how a woman sat in a New York emergency room for TWENTY-FOUR HOURS and then died was stuck in the back of the newspaper. The woman went through convulsions, collapsed and died all while other patients, security personnel and MEDICAL STAFF watched without lifting a finger. It's all on video tape.

Why don't we all put down our guns for a minute and consider the state of our right not to be killed from incompetence and apathy exhibited by our health care system?

We'll all live longer.