Monday, April 16, 2007

Is it right to bear arms?

CNN"s Jim Cafferty was just speaking to Wolf Blitzer about the Virginia Tech shooting. He said that he's noticed that this seems to be a genuinely American phenomenon (mass shootings) and can't recall many times it is happened in other countries. He then said he couldn't figure out what that was.

Really, Jim? Maybe it's because we're one of the only Western countries to still allow ordinary citizens to carry weapons, and the NRA and Republicans continue to block any legislation to prevent semi-automatic and automatic weapons from being obtained by people who plan to go out and kill 32 people in one morning.

Just a thought, Jim.

7 comments:

Jasper John R. said...

Perhaps you might wonder why no one on the VT campus had an appropriate tool to stop the situation. I know it is easy to blame the tool. Shooter has his; victims didn't. And, we all wish that peace and happiness would reign. But, it's a dangerous world out there and wishing it wasn't won't make it so. The dead old white guys recognized the RIGHT of every individual to defend themselves. Except the VT-ers wanted to live in a fairy tale land. One of their admins the year before vigorously opposed recognizing that right on the VT campus. He won. And this is the result. Anyone interviewing him today? One concealed carry permit holder -- a student, a faculty member, a custodian -- could have probably ended this in seconds. One shooter can't watch all 31 people simultaneously. It's a tragedy. But, not unexpected. And, unfortunately not the last.

Jonathan Morales said...

I'm sorry, but I won't agree that letting staff and students to carry concealed weapons on campus is going to solve the problem. It will just make things work. When guns are present, violence happens where it otherwise wouldn't have. Besides, if a SWAT team couldn't stop the shooter, I doubt a single, untrained civillian with a handgun would have.

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