The school superintendent George Parker said he was shocked and disheartened by the incident which seems certain to fuel debate about access to guns in the US.
The woman was only slightly disheartened, and then she gathered up her purse, her coat, and hurried back to town to get more food for her special guest.
The Sunday post intervened, and interfered with their London letters; and on Tuesday Margaret was surprised and disheartened to find that there was still no letter.