If the reaction of many liberals to yesterday's tragic events in Tuscon wasn't so transparently, knee-jerk stupid it might be amusing. Instead it is a sickening display of emotional immaturity and intellectual dishonesty.

Rather than joining with all people of good will no matter what their political views in repulsion and contempt for the actions of what was apparently a deeply disturbed and sick young man, the rush to place blame politically is it's own mini tsunami of mental and emotional imbalance.

When a child interprets events through the prism of their emotions alone while discounting the emotional reactions of others is understandable and in the words of such progressives it's, "a teachable moment." When adults respond as that child, then a pathology is in play and rather than it being cause for that "teachable moment" it is better addressed by mental health professionals in hopes that therapy might offset their disorder.

A review of the NYT article, "In Attack’s Wake, Political Repercussions" and the comments following the targets for blame have been all their opponents. The Tea Party, Sarah Palin, Republicans, Glenn Beck, Fox News, gun control laws, the State of Arizona, and all sorts of boogeymen that the left hates.

Somehow it is irrelevant, or at least inconvenient and thereby in need of spin, that the shooter was found to have copies of both the "Communist Manifesto" and "Mein Kamph" both socialist and both not only the antithesis of the Tea Party agenda but much closer to their own philosophies of state control.

Ignoring the truth that socialists have no such problem with guns, [Mao, one of their own, noted it was his view that, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."] they equate gun control with peace and safety. It is a false comfort?

New York City has some of the most stringent gun control laws in the country. What has been the result? Criminals and crazies have no problem getting guns since they could care less about the law.

Is anyone really safer for it? While in recent years gun involved deaths have gone down (2007 496 murders, 397 by gun - 2008 523 murders, 292 by gun) murder by knives, bludgeoning and other means has actually increased. So then is it really safer to be slashed or stabbed to death than shot? Apparently not. It's just quieter up in the ivory towers of denial.