Gun control has been a hot topic in the wake of the Sandy Hook Massacre. Here in Central Texas, Travis County officials are poised to take a step in the right direction.

We saw how during the first wave of the financial crisis, bad news had a tendency to metastasize, compounding the woes of a Bear Stearns or a Lehman Brothers. This is going to get bad for at least one bank, and the most likely candidate is BofA.