Politics -- Nothing About The Bakken -- Wow! Bloomberg Drops Gun Control Super Bowl Ad -- January 30, 2020

Tone-deaf? Probably not. Gun control ad during the Super Bowl. Too bad it's being removed -- would have been the perfect time to go to .... the kitchen to get more cream-cheese-stuffed jalapenos or nachos covered with cheese, re-fried beans, jalapenos. It's being reported that Mr Bloomberg will pull his "gun control" ad -- $10 million -- from the Super Bowl. Perhaps he will replace it with a sixty-second moment of silence for Kobe Bryant.

I'm all for taking measures to curb gun violence in the US, but taking guns away from law-abiding citizens is not the way to do it. One might start with swift, harsh penalties, and no bail. The only reason it takes so long for one's day in court is waiving "right to a speedy trial." Stop and frisk is fine with reasonable cause. Cutting off trigger fingers for particularly egregious gun violence might be a deterrent. If not, the entire hand. Cruel and unusual? Only in the eye of the beholder. We don't have a gun problem. We have a judicial problem.