Well apologies to all who were offended - in my defence all I can say is that my natural home is on Jet Blast where such comments generally go unremarked.
To carry on, though, I've just watched the 10 o'clock news where it seems that the gunman, who was still firing, was disarmed by a member of the visiting civic party. If events were as he described he is a very brave guy, so let's hope he will be rewarded for his courage in due course.