04-27-07, 01:22 AM
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Originally Posted by HuckFinn
We have all heard of the massacre on the campus of ****** Tech. Prayers and empathy goes out to the family and friends of those hurt and killed. My family has friends on campus as well as friends who have graduated from that fine school.
Violence has touched my family and friends quite a bit in the past. Shootings, explosions, war etc. Every time I hear of a violent incident in a school my thoughts turn to my high school senior son.
I know my son can handle himself, black belt 3 degree elected into the black belt hall of fame. I as a firearms instructor have been teaching him to shoot hand guns and rifles since the age of about 8 or 9.
How many other students, high school or college can also protect themselves? How many of the students on the VA. Tech campus have the ability to protect themselves?
Suppose students Tracy Bridges or Mikael Gross, or students like them were students at VA Tech? Do you think the outcome of the shootings would have been different? I do! Oh! Here is an idea; lets restrict firearms on school campuses! That will stop the violence! Oh wait! Firearms were restricted on the campus of VA Tech as well as on the campus of the Appalachian School of Law. This is the school that Tracy and Mikael attended. This is the school that former student Peter Odighizuwa, on January 16, 2002 killed 2 professors and a student as well as shooting 3 other students. So what did Tracy and Mikael do? When they first heard the shoots, they both ran, independent of each other, to their cars, retrieved legal hand guns and ran back to confront the shooter, Mr. Odighizuwa. What happened? Mr. Odighizuwa dropped his still loaded hand gun and gave up. Mr. Bridges and another student held Mr. Odighizuwa down on the ground while Mr. Gross an off duty police officer went back to his car and got a pair of handcuffs.
Suppose the students at VT that were legally allowed to carry concealed handguns in the state of Virginia, actually had those guns on their person when the shootings started on the campus of VA Tech? Perhaps the death toll would have been less! I don’t know which students or how many of them have legal permits to carry a concealed handgun but I’m sure someone on campus did. Once again I forget my self; the school is a no gun zone. So the good guys don’t carry guns in that zone. So the answer to stopping school shootings is to make sure the bad guys, the ones who want to kill people obey the no gun zone law. Perhaps if someone is upset with his girlfriend or that fact that he is getting a poor grade in college or called names in high school; he should be bused into a NRA convention or a gun show to do his shooting!
I do not think that “EVERYONE” should carry a concealed handgun, but if the gun is legally bought or obtained, (handed down from parent or grandparent, for example) and the person wanting the permit completes a 40 hour gun safety/shooting class; and goes through a comprehensive back ground check as well as a psychological review; that person should be allowed to carry a concealed gun.
Lets suppose that you are a bad guy, you need money and are looking for some one to rob. Two people walking down the darkened street. You are hiding in the shadows ready to pounce on one victim. Who do you chose the guy with the gun or the guy without the gun? Remember you are a bad guy not stupid.
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Not 1 person ,,I wasnt there so I shouldnt talk, My prayers go out......
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