In college my econ class was an homage to guns and butter; life in the US today is an homage to gun violence.

The Rude Pundit grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana, and has something to say about the US Gun Cult.

News Corpse noticed that Bill-O was nonplussed by the Lafayette shooting.

Goblinbooks knows when life begins… if you are a Republican.

Bonus Track: Web of Evil wants us to be vewy, vewy quiet.

Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors and at Liberaland. You can follow Tengrain on the electric Twitter machine, too. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with "For MBRU" in the subject line).