About gun violence today?

Another Smith with timely relevance is Horace Smith, one of the founders of Smith & Wesson.  S&W are firearms manufacturers, in case you’ve never watched television or read a book or otherwise seen any reference to any of their products.  They are one of the usual issuers of firearms to law enforcement agencies.

Horace has been out of the gun business since 1883, and if he were still alive, he’d be really glad, I think.

The company that bears his name was severely punished by the NRA during the last round of discussions about gun control with a boycott by its members because S&W tried to do the responsible thing and voluntarily incorporate some safety, design and distribution standards.

I think Horace, whose estate established a fund for scholarships, would be appalled by what’s happening with guns just now.  I hope so anyway.