Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Another contrarian comes to Congress?

A great editorial in today's Courier-Journal:
(U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie) did a belly-flop last week when, upon being sworn into the 113th Congress, he promptly introduced a bill to repeal the federal Gun-Free School Zones Act.

Mr. Massie’s bill — which would allow people to bring firearms into the nation’s schools — is as ill-timed as it is outlandish. It follows the Dec. 14 shootings at the Connecticut elementary school where a gunman armed with an assault rifle slaughtered 20 small children and six educators.

...Mr. Massie should get serious about his job or risk becoming just another Congressional contrarian.