A Repost from February 20, 2008
It has happened again. Another shooting an educational institution. And it makes me sad.
It makes me sad that there are people who are so mess up for one reason or another that they believe killing random people makes their suffering, their pain, their troubles, better.
I can understand somewhat the twisted logic of suicide (I AM NOT SUPPORTING OR ENCOURING SUICIDE, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS!).
But I can not even begin to understand the logic (or I guess illogic) of people that go in homicidal rages before commiting suicide. Why does the suffering and death of others make your life any better, just in time for you to take your own life?
This makes me sad.
It also makes me sad that people keep saying that more laws are going to stop this from happening. What the heck are the people thinking?
SHOOTERS DO NOT CARE FOR HUMAN LIFE, WHY WOULD THEY CARE FOR LAWS?
If you can answer that you are smarter than me. If you get to teh point that breaking one of the ten ULTIMATE laws seems like a good idea (that is a reference to the 10 Commandments, by the way) then why should 400 little gun laws get in way? Maybe because there are more of them? Go figure that one out.
At the Northern Illinois University shooting, the authorities reached the scene in 2 minutes. That is an amazing response time. Try running for 2 minutes and see how far you get. Not to far, a few hundred yards maybe? Even with that short amount of time, 5 were killed and 16 were wounded.
The only thing that could have stopped the shooter once he was in the classroom was someone in the classroom.
This is why I think that political action and grassroots organizations that say guns have no place in the classroom are wrong. Had someone was holding a legally oned, legally carried firearm, they could have stopped the shooter.
On March 7th 2007 legally armed citizens stopped what could have been senseless killing by using their firearms.
Below is quoted from wbri.com:
Armed citizens stop Memphis street shooter
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Last Updated: 3/8/2007 2:09:14 PM
Police in Memphis say a gunman firing a pistol beside a busy city street was subdued by two passers-by who were also armed.
No one was hurt during the incident that apparently began with a minor traffic accident, but one passing car was believed hit by a bullet.
Brothers William Webber and Paul Webber told police they stopped their car and pulled their own pistols when they saw a man firing a handgun yesterday.
The brothers said they ordered the man to drop his weapon and then held him at gunpoint until police arrived a few minutes later. Police say the Webbers did not fire their pistols.
Police arrested Dementrius Roberson and charged him with reckless endangerment. Police say the Webber brothers and Roberson have licenses to carry firearms.
Paul Webber says Roberson was firing across traffic and they couldn't tell why he was shooting.
End Quote from wbri.com
As you can see from the above article, armed citizens were able to stop violence using their handguns. Had they been unarmed, the shooter would have roamed with impunity.
So when people say that guns in the classroom will only cause more violence, I ask them this:
When has not having a gun in the classroom stopped a shooter?
So stop taking away the legal right for people to carry their firearms for self protection against those who don't follow the rules.
If carrying a handgun becomes illegals, only criminals will carry handguns. Then what do we do to stop them when they have the guns and we don't?
I have no answer to that. But the university shootings seem to give a hint at that answer.
And that makes me sad.
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I would like to point out that there are various treatable medical causes for uncontrollable rage and depression. It is very possible that the child was simply sick, be it something like hypoglycemia (which is estimated to be a problem for 40% of the american population, yet... have you heard of it?). Hypoglycemia is basically not being able to process sugars right, and having too much sugar can cause rage, depression, and irrational thoughts.
Now, reconsider that the child may have been sick, preventably so. This just makes the whole thing all the more sad.
I agree with Mayla, if any of these people have a treatable condition that went untreated and caused violence, it makes the situation even more depressing. I will however note that the right to personal defense should never be over-ridden by the idea that a perpetrator, suspect, or victim could be 'treated' in the end.
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