Following up on posts by Jr, Dana, and Siddique, I'd like to add Ken Ham, President of Answers in Genesis, to the list of conservative commentators lacking shame and tact: 

We live in an era when public high schools and colleges have all but banned God from science classes. In these classrooms, students are taught that the whole universe, including plants and animals—and humans—arose by natural processes. Naturalism (in essence, atheism) has become the religion of the day and has become the foundation of the education system (and Western culture as a whole). The more such a philosophy permeates the culture, the more we would expect to see a sense of purposelessness and hopelessness that pervades people’s thinking. In fact, the more a culture allows the killing of the unborn, the more we will see people treating life in general as “cheap.”

I’m not at all saying that the person who committed these murders at Virginia Tech was driven by a belief in millions of years or evolution.[**really? THEN WHY DID YOU WRITE THAT LAST PARAGRAPH?] I don’t know why this person did what he did, except the obvious: that it was a result of sin. However, when we see such death and violence, it is a reminder to us that without God’s Word (and the literal history in Genesis 1–11), people will not understand why such things happen. 

The real criminals here? the separation of church and state, Roe v. Wade, and atheism. Outside of this being entirely untrue -- I'll point you to the work of  Gary Jensen, Steven Levitt, and, yes, Immanuel Kant -- Mr. Ham's little screed is profoundly insulting to the victims of Monday's tragedy. 

Ugh. Rule 1 of blogging: If you don't have anything constructive to say, shut the hell up.

Hey, at least he tries:

Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Automatics are banned, but when you're able to buy a semi-automatic, that can take a clip with 33 rounds...and, um, I'm not sure yet if they've determined how many rounds were in the clip this individual had, but ...

Carlson: Just so you know, there is no, there is no clip for a handgun that holds 33 rounds. 

Helmke: Well, yes there is. I just checked online this morning and they advertise for a clip for this gun, for thirty dollars, over the internet, so...it's, it's, when we had the assault weapons ban, you banned clips with over ten rounds...

Carlson: Just so, just so you know, a Glock, there is, okay, there is no, that is factually untrue.

Glad to know that Tucker Carlson, who obviously would never contradict an expert he invited on his show unless he was absolutely certain that he was right, is so well versed in what fine products are available for Glock pistols.

Except for one teensy little problem--from, of all places, Glock.com (who'd have thought?):

Like no other pistol, GLOCK pistols permit almost unrestricted compatibility of the magazines within a caliber. Standard magazines, for instance, can also be used for backup weapons. Compact and subcompact GLOCK pistol model magazines can be loaded with a convincing number of rounds – i.e. GLOCK 26: up to 33 rounds.

Wait, a Republican pundit using an authoritative tone shot off at the mouth on an issue where he clearly has no expertise, directly contradicting an activist from the other side who was factually correct?

Nah, too implausible.  Someone who sounds as certain about something as Carlson did must be right. 

Right?