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I have blogged<\/a> in the past<\/a> about just how obscene<\/a> a notion<\/a> it is that removing prayer, or displays of the ten commandments, from schools, is an explanation<\/a> of why shootings occur there. Such claims are in fact an attempt by those who have failed to raise their children to not shoot others, and given them easy access to guns, to make themselves feel better by passing the blame onto others. But I did like this cartoon, with its suggestion that the ten commandments could be reintroduced with a more practical use as a bullet shield.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"