People like Mr. LaPierre want us to believe that civilians can be trained to use lethal force with cold precision in moments of fear and crisis. That requires a willful ignorance about the facts. Police officers know that firing a weapon is a huge risk; that’s why they avoid doing it.
— Excerpt from a New York Times editorial slamming Wayne LaPierre’s absurd press conference reacting to the tragedy in Newtown (The NRA crawls from its hidey-hole).