Thoughts of the day

Received a comment on this blog.  THANK YOU for the kind words.  Can't seem to get out to the barn this week...(serious cold weather the main factor.)  I've been thinking a lot about the anger in this country...actually thought about it long before the tragic shootings in Arizona.  I understand people's insecurities and fears with regard to the economy, joblessness, foreclosures, etc.  I just don't get why Americans feel we must attack one another, when this actually worsens our problems....which brings me to the idea of gun control.  Who should be allowed to own weapons.  On what criteria do we base this decision.  The "mentally ill" should not be allowed to acquire weapons?  Who would that be?...the anxious...the depressed...bipolar, borderline...those who have been treated for mental illness for any reason?...We come perilously close to treading on the 2nd amendment rights of millions of citizens.  Having said that...we do need to ban assault weapons of any kind.  I'm not a gun fanatic.  I never have, and never will own a gun....don't like hunters, either....but then.  That's just me.