“Not since that national tragedy nearly half a century ago has the country been as shocked by domestic gun violence as it was in the gunning down of 20 school children in Newtown. But LBJ did not ask Congress after that earlier calamity merely to agree to cast a vote. He demanded that it clearly act in the cause of social justice that JFK championed. President Obama should do no less now in the fight against gun violence, regardless of Harry Reid’s grim reading of the prospects of restoring the assault weapons ban in the Senate.” – Jules Witcover in Obama’s limited war on guns [via chicagotribune.com]