After I picked up my son from school the other day we started to drive off but had to stop short of one of the crosswalks. I paused to think of the horrible tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut as the large group of children started to cross the road; many were of the same age as those who were brutally murdered by this deranged killer. While we sat idling in front of the "gun free zone" something struck me. In reality I was sitting inside one of the deadliest potential weapons imaginable; more powerful than any small arm. I was driving a plain white Ford F-150 4x4 truck with a 'high capacity' V8 engine. I guess you could call it a 'sporting' truck. Fortunately, myself and the other drivers around me were of sound mind and there was no tragic incident on that particular day. But what if someone of unsound mind were to get hold of one of these deadly weapons? From where I was sitting, the only barrier to a disaster two, maybe three times the size of the one in Newtown was my sound mind...(Read Full Post)