My deepest sympathies go out to the Marmont family for the truly tragic death of Astrid Marmont and the serious injuries suffered by her husband Lindsey. The incident was caused by an explosion of a propane bottle which overheated during a backyard barbecue. The prayers of many are with you.

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Another mass shooting has taken place at a military base in Washington, D.C. And again, the liberal-left media immediately blindly seized upon the opportunity to condemn that most popular American firearm, the AR-15. This has been the default option for the liberal press and leftist politicians for years. The usual irrational, hysterical firearms phobics, like Senators Feinstein, Boxer, and that wussy British talk show host, Piers Morgan, all opened their mouths before their brains were engaged – all for anti-gun political purposes. I’m waiting for apologies.

Had they waited even an hour they would have learned that it was not that notorious AR-15 that was used in this outrageous killing spree – it happened to be a shotgun.

But, once again, it was not the weapon that mattered most here. It was the fact that this perpetrator was known to have a dangerous, longstanding mental condition which was negligently overlooked. He was, as news commentator Charles Krauthammer (also a psychiatrist) has stated, a classic paranoid schizophrenic. The perpetrator had a long history of serious problems with the law including shooting incidents. But, he was able to obtain a secret clearance just the same, provided by the government, which gave him access to the naval base.

The shooter's profile here mimics the profiles of other mass shooters of the past several years. Once again, the problem is not the mechanical device used to kill people. The central problem is mental disorder which liberals refuse to admit is the proximate cause. Other problems include turning areas into “gun free zones”, especially at military bases (Clinton’s decision). This case also shares features with the Fort Hood masacre where political correctness promoted that killer in rank providing access and opportunity even though his problems were also clearly known, but ignored by his Politically Correct superiors. Both cases were caused more by gross criminal negligence than firearms.

I no longer have any confidence in our nation’s present ability to protect us against enemies foreign and domestic, on the border or battlefiels (if there's a difference) because of liberal incompetence and naivete. Liberals have rotted-away even our common sense defensive provisions. And liberals don't understand why hundreds of millions of Americans seek to arm themselves as a matter of right under our Second Amendment?

P.S. Navy Yard murderer Aaron Alexis created webpage with name "Mohammed Salem"
Sep 19, 2013 08:35 am | Robert Spencer, Jihad Watch.