We are posting this USA Today Opinion column by Gabby Giffords on the off chance that Jared Lee Loughner and other criminally insane shooters – not to mention your everyday common gun wielding thugs – will read it here. Ms. Giffords is under the impression that if she appeals ever more frequently to the Jet Setters who read USA Today and the New York Times laid at their hotel room door, gun violence will decrease.

We know that preventing crazies and criminals from gun possession is a better tool, so we appeal to you, our readers to spread the word.