Lucas: When in Rome … buy a gun?

Lucas: When in Rome … buy a gun?

Once upon a time in Rome we bought a gun. Or at least the buddy I was with bought it. It was a black Italian Beretta M 1934 semi-automatic. He paid $10 for it. The bullets were extra. The memory of the incident came back to me upon the news of President Donald Trump’s visit, along with his wife, Melania, to the Vatican to attend the funeral of Pope Francis. In short, I surmised that St. Peter’s Square is not what it used to be, and that is all t…