How many more copycats are waiting in the wings for their moment of fame — from a national media machine that rewards them with the wall-to-wall attention and sense of identity that they crave — while provoking others to try to make their mark? A dozen more killers? A hundred? More? How can we possibly even guess how many, given our nation's refusal to create an active national database of the mentally ill?

Politicians pass laws for gun-free school zones. They issue press releases bragging about them. They post signs advertising them, and in doing so, they tell every insane killer in America that schools are the safest place to inflict maximum mayhem with minimum risk.

Law-abiding people need to be able to own firearms to protect themselves.

I think every school needs a protection plan with a either police officer or certified armed security.

If [the shooting of Gabby Giffords in] Tucson tells us anything at all, it tells us this: Government has failed.

When it comes to the issue of background checks, let's be honest - background checks will never be 'universal' - because criminals will never submit to them.

Everybody, every American starts to have - needs to start having a security plan. We need to be able to protect ourselves.