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In case you were wondering where they stood on the issue, the U.S. House of Representatives has issued a formal condemnation of the shooting at Santana High School near San Diego. The vote was unanimous. (Whew!) The House proclamation also "encourages the people of the United States to engage in a national dialogue on preventing violence." Well, why didn't they think of that before now? Since someone has to start our dialogue, here goes: (1) How about ending school compulsory-attendance laws so that wacko killer types are not required to be there? (2) For that matter, how about ending government schooling entirely so that defenseless victims are not forced to be there? (3) How about a totally free market in education so that young people, with the guidance of their families, will be free to seek their own particular hopes and dreams in the manner that best suits them rather than being forced into an artificial, government-concocted pressure cooker? By separating school and state, coercion-caused tensions would diminish, leaving everyone better off. And then we could talk about privatizing the postal service.