"The wrong thing to do would be to throw up our hands and say, Evil exists, so there's nothing we can do." Right. Without going too far into the domains of theology or philosophy, one can maintain that evil exists in an abstract, free-floating form, but it is only when it is embodied in a nut-bar that it becomes "applied evil" and does harm. People capable of separating themselves from financial gain and fear have to rationally limit the potency of the arms others keep for "personal protection." They must also be more careful about investigating the mental status of citizens who buy inordinate numbers of high-powered arms. In other words, people must qualify to own arms, records must be kept, and policing must be done. The statistics quoted in this editorial are staggering -- not least that "for every American killed by a terrorist there have been 1,000 killed by domestic gun violence." What it will take to interrupt the cycle of paranoia and reduce these terrifying numbers?