As President Trump moves to unravel Dodd-Frank, apparently “draining the swamp” means setting the alligators free.

Continuing a bit with yesterday's blog, let's look at some statistics:

http://pulse.com.gh/bi/tech/terrorism-how-likely-are-foreign-terrorists-to-kill-americans-the-odds-may-surprise-you-id6145204.html .

Your odds of being killed by a refugee terrorist or an illegal immigrant are respectively 1 in 46,192,893 and 1 in 138,324,873, both immensely less likely than an asteroid, a shark attack or death by bee sting.  The odds for being killed by any kind of terrorism just went up to slightly greater than 1 in 45,808 because of the Colorado incident (with an asterisk for his being a native born convert to Islamic extremism).  The odds of death from assault by gun are 1 in 358.

Now, I assure you that neither Barack, Hillary nor I are coming for your guns.  But, shouldn’t we be a bit careful about who can legally obtain guns?  Shouldn’t we be cognizant of someone with a mental state so profoundly abnormal that there is a substantial threat to society? The Colorado assailant believed that an implant existed that removed a person’s desire for God.  I would say that qualifies as a profoundly abnormal mental condition.

Again, those legal gun owners, NRA enthusiasts, non-insane people shouldn’t have their second amendment rights infringed.  Just as an aside, the Second Amendment really only applies to forming a militia because the country had no army and was fighting off the British.

The Second Amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791.  It reads:

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

At any rate, I'm still not coming for your guns.  But I am concerned about those, who in any conceivable scenario, should not have them in their possession.

Now onto mental health.  Take this as you will.  Here are some of the characterizations of narcissistic personality disorder and malignant narcissism, taken from a variety of sources, such as Wikipedia, The Narcissistic Life, Decision Making Confidence, Psych Central and Healthy Place:

·        An extreme form of antisocial personality disorder that is manifested in a person who is pathologically grandiose, lacking in conscience and behavioral regulation, and with characteristic demonstrations of joyful cruelty and sadism.

·        A malignant narcissist views himself (75% are male) as genuinely superior to other people and believes that others are insignificant, disposable, and that he is justified when he manipulates and exploits them.

·        Someone who is totally engrossed in themselves, they believe they are superior to others, they have a huge sense of entitlement, they want praise and admiration, they make themselves the center of attention, they are selfish and they manipulate others for their own gains.

·        A grandiose sense of importance, preoccupation with unlimited success, exploitive of others, lacks, empathy, is arrogant, and is jealous of others.

·        A pattern of traits and behaviors, which signify infatuation and obsession with one’s self to the exclusion of all others and the egotistic and ruthless pursuit of one’s gratification, dominance and ambition.