In spite of the defensive posture they took since the shooting of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, it seemed like the Party of Palin got the message that even figurative talk of the use of gun violence against other people was not acceptable to humans. So Kansas Republican legislator Virgil Peck must have assumed that meant they were going back to literal talk of the use of gun violence. Peck was in a meeting of a committee discussing control of feral swine with hunters in helicopters. His contribution to the discussion was suggesting they use the helicopter program to solve the problem of illegal immigration.
So that is bad, but... the article I read on Peck also gave a rundown on the progress of Kansas' own tough immigration bill inspired in part by a similar law passed in Arizona. The Kansas House Judiciary Committee tabled the bill. One Republican on the committee Pat Colloton stated that the broad law was an invitation to racial profiling. Credit her for at least questioning a law that requires stereotyping. While you are at it credit Colloton for fighting stereotypes of Kansas Republicans. I was far more surprised by Colloton's legislative deliberation than I was Peck's casual inhumanity. Shame on me? 
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