Another mass murderer, with an AK-47-style assault rifle, opened fire in an El Paso shopping mall yesterday.  It was a Saturday morning  Families were there buying school clothes and classroom supplies.

Prayers and thoughts are pointless. Actions by politicians who are not in the pocket of big lobbies like the NRA are what is needed. The NRA will say that a shopper-hero with a concealed weapon could have saved many lives.

I don’t even get it about concealed weapons. If you’re packing, I want to see it in a holster on your hip.

I know what our Second Amendment says and I know what it means. I am not opposed to the safe possession of a six-shooter or a double-barreled shotgun owned by a sane, registered hunter, a target shooter, or a home owner. Hunting with semi-automatic, military-type guns is not what a sporting hunter uses. Or a home owner.  Or a target shooter.

My only prayer is, “In our time Lord, I beg you for courageous leaders.”