It seems our open season on human beings is just getting started. A shooting of a robber in Milwaukee, the killing of an unarmed  young man in Florida and  the killing of another unarmed man in West Bend are appalling and disturbing.

They are also the consequences of an unholy alliance between the NRA and ALEC.

It’s bad enough that the messengers of the GOP have constantly provoked fear and hatred among Americans. Now they are putting guns into the hands of those they’ve disturbed.

None of these shootings were in defense of human life; they were in defense of property at best, and at worst the tragic consequences of overblown, unrealistic fears.

There is a profound immorality at work here. The makers and promoters of handguns — whose true purpose is to allow humans to kill their fellows  — should be called to task for the lust for money and power that is motivating them.