*** On the news there was a report that Mt Rushmore is closed because of storm worries but is that the

President Biden is making a first step to addressing gun control by requiring checks on 'Ghost Guns', not guns that make people ghosts but guns that are not regulated and are untraceable. The idea that these can be homemade or bought online by anyone is concerning. Of course, registering guns does not make them less deadly but it helps to know who could have fired them. Why the NRA has so much power is puzzling. Such an American thing. Guns in other countries are generally only used by the best and worst, the police and criminals although farmers and sportspeople have controlled access to them.

President Biden offers hope and yet he must know how hard it will be to make any significant change. Good luck, sir. [ Editor’s Note: You bring up and interest-ing idea here. Which is worse, knowing where the guns are or not knowing where the guns are? I realize that there are plenty of people who truly believe that gun registration is the first domino that somehow ultimately leads to gun confiscation, but how odd is it that we know, without a doubt, that there are thousands of unregistered firearms out there being used in the commission of various crimes… and we’re just pretty much OK with it?]

truth? Was it in fact closed so that engineers and hairdressers could examine the mountain and work out how to create a realistic copy of ex-President Trump's hair style out of solid rock? Maybe they could just use whatever technology that created the original hair. [ Editor’s Note: Man, just exactly how fixated on Trump are you?]

*** Just FYI all roads leading into and out of West Memphis are just a clusterf— right now. So so stupid. That is all… [ Editor’s Note: Kudos on your self-censorship. You know I don’t think the Times is quite ready to go PG- 13 just yet, but if there were ever an appropriate time for profanity, the current situation with the interstate is probably it. Add in all the other snafus and such and it’s even worse at the moment]