Tim Blair blogs on FOXNews.com

He's got such a nice touch.

Reading about people like Elizabeth Wurtzel makes me wonder if the Second Amendment should really be applied to all citizens. There are a lot of people I wouldn't want within a mile of a firearm. They're either too hotheaded or just plain nuts.

On the other hand, good Liberals would, in a moment of stress, put the gun to their head.

I am in favor of wider gun ownership and carrying by people who have been properly screened and trained. I'd like to see more frequent fliers whose mental stability and judgment is beyond question authorized to carry weapons on planes, trains and other commona carriers, and in all public places. They should be tested and certified by the FBI or the Secret Service. No one from Ruby Ridge or the Branch Davidians need apply. This would be another good use for smart ID cards.

Wurtzel is right up there with Susan Sonntag and Noam Chomsky for being detestable human beings. I'm for shipping any of these hate-America-first types to Saudi Arabia. Talk about terrorism!

So this is for Ms. Wurtzel (paraphrasing Sir Walter Scott):

Breathes there a gal, with soul so dead,
Who never to herself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within her burn'd,
As home her footsteps she hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!
If such there breathe, go, mark her well;
And wish her swiftly down to hell;
Best selling her titles, proud her name,
Honored in salon as wish can claim;
Despite those titles on someone's shelf,
The wretch, concentred all in self,
Living, shall forfeit fair renown,
And, doubly dying, shall go down
To the vile dust, from whence she sprung,
Unwept, unhonor'd, and unsung.

And none too soon.