The injuries suffered by legislators and others at the baseball practice shooting could have been prevented if the members of Congress were armed and could plug the shooter right away (assuming that they could hit him on the first shot and not shoot a bystander). This would not be a problem in some states of the Regressive South where legislators can pack a gun.

I wrote the above in a spirit of sarcasm and irony in implying a comparison between legislators in the South and our Congress. Later I read the following on CNN:

“Georgia Rep. Barry Loudermilk, a Republican from Georgia who was on the field when the shooting happened, suggested that members of Congress should be allowed to carry guns.”