The Editor's Notepod, Mon., Aug. 9, 2010

Sorry, in spite of what security experts say in reaction to the killings in Manchester, there’s no real fool-proof way to avoid the possibility of violence in the work place, especially at moments when people are losing their employment, which is a naturally upsetting circumstance. The more effective route is, of course, the reduction in the number of loose firearms in the possession of people with no reason whatever to have them except for their inclination to use them when and if they become sufficiently irritated or irrational.