the title is at best sophmoric, but i would lose a ball for world peace, or homeless sheltering, or yellow lights that were not run, or streets that were not used as freeways. i'd give up one if everyone within 100 miles has two belly laughs a day. as for the play, kopit is cool - operating out of left field with the arm of a right fielder. so the play is likely to sizzle at least a tad,

kopit is cool

after whiskey wild, nothing seems like too much, but i give them credit for coming close.

seems to me that mark has framed the question well. violence/right to bear arms/ cancel each other, but is the location appropriate? i don't like guns and i don't like snakes. having guns two blocks from my home bothers me many times more than snakes. crazy, but guns frighten me even more than snakes. i admire Burg's original comment. 'Great. one more reason not to leave the grid.' but i am frightened by guns. for the record, Sims Hardware sold guns at 28th and J for years afore being replaces by a forgettable building. Sims did not frighten me. i pass that corner several times a week, more often than the old armory. and the armory was set back with roll up door, and not inviting me in. still thinking, tho one of by thoughts is to march in front of the spot with a sign that says NOT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. still thinking

might save my life.