WHAT IS BEST IN LIFE? NRA is named new promoter of outdoor show in Harrisburg, replacing show canceled over gun ban. “The National Rifle Association has emerged as the new promoter of the area’s annual outdoors show at the Farm Show Complex, replacing the now-cancelled Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show. . . . The Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show was canceled this year after its promoter, Reed Exhibitions, banned the sale or display of assault rifles and vendors threatened to boycott.”

20 years ago, the gun community often responded to attacks with appeasement. That lesson has been learned.

UPDATE: Reader Larry Patty writes: “Where are the lamentations of their women?” Try reading Maureen Dowd’s latest.