More University Shooting

Not surprisingly, I'm very distracted by the shooting at Northern Illinois University. My brother (who sometimes pokes around here in the comments section) is on the faculty there. He wasn't on campus today, so he escaped the danger, if not the trauma. I haven't linked to anything because authorities have been releasing bits and pieces, and anything I link to tonight could well be out of date when you read this and click on them. There will also be time to look at the policies of gun availability. For now, we just send our thoughts and condolences out to those families who are experiencing loss tonight.