Why Guns are Important
The Wall Street Journal has this to say about gun rights and control as relates to the Virginia Tech shootings. Make no mistake, I am absolutely horrified about what happened and feel very sad for teh victums. But thats just it, I feel that there was measures that could be taken that would have prevented them from being victims to enabling them to respond to the crisis.
An armed populace makes walking into a room and shooting a much more difficult affair. This guy at VT was able to walk in an kill 30 people in the classrooms as well as wound a large number as well. He did this with 2 different handguns that, judging by the reported size of the magazines, he would have had to reload each one at least once and probably more than once if he missed more than 1 or 2 times out of all his rounds. If you have ever reloaded a pistol, its almost impossible to do with one had so he had to stop firing and was vulnerable for a significant amount of time. Even if there was only one person that was able to carry in the classroom, he wouldn't even need to get into a gun fight, he would have had an oppertunity to completely handle the assailant while he was able to return fire. I only make this point to say that you don't need to be some kind of sharpshooter or anything else, just having a firearm there could have made all the difference.
As shown time and time again, if you are going to kill alot of people, regardless of reason, a gun-free zone isn't a bad thing to you. Its not like you are afraid to break that law but have no problem with a multiple homicide. Unless you are able to enforce a gun free zone for everyone, such as having every person go through a metal detector to go into any public place, then a gun free zone only keeps firearms, a legitimate tool for self protection, out of the hands of law abiding citizens. Think of it this way. I am a rational person, who is trained in the use of firearms by the United States Army and I shoot civilian guns (to include revolvers, pistols, shotguns, and rifles) fairly regularly. If I was in an area near you and someone you didn't know just came in and started shooting randomly at people, would you feel safer if i had a firearm on me or not? According to some people, you are less safe with me able to subdue the shooter and having to wait for police.
An armed populace makes walking into a room and shooting a much more difficult affair. This guy at VT was able to walk in an kill 30 people in the classrooms as well as wound a large number as well. He did this with 2 different handguns that, judging by the reported size of the magazines, he would have had to reload each one at least once and probably more than once if he missed more than 1 or 2 times out of all his rounds. If you have ever reloaded a pistol, its almost impossible to do with one had so he had to stop firing and was vulnerable for a significant amount of time. Even if there was only one person that was able to carry in the classroom, he wouldn't even need to get into a gun fight, he would have had an oppertunity to completely handle the assailant while he was able to return fire. I only make this point to say that you don't need to be some kind of sharpshooter or anything else, just having a firearm there could have made all the difference.
As shown time and time again, if you are going to kill alot of people, regardless of reason, a gun-free zone isn't a bad thing to you. Its not like you are afraid to break that law but have no problem with a multiple homicide. Unless you are able to enforce a gun free zone for everyone, such as having every person go through a metal detector to go into any public place, then a gun free zone only keeps firearms, a legitimate tool for self protection, out of the hands of law abiding citizens. Think of it this way. I am a rational person, who is trained in the use of firearms by the United States Army and I shoot civilian guns (to include revolvers, pistols, shotguns, and rifles) fairly regularly. If I was in an area near you and someone you didn't know just came in and started shooting randomly at people, would you feel safer if i had a firearm on me or not? According to some people, you are less safe with me able to subdue the shooter and having to wait for police.
posted by Maddawg at 4/18/2007 10:09:00 AM
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