Comments on: Six Dead In N. Illinois Campus Shooting

Former Student Shoots 21 People, Kills Himself In Lecture Hall In Front Of Terrified Students

[vreeland4]

There are too many guns in society.
Get rid of the ones that are used to kill people.
Stop the NRA and their lies.
Guns kill.
I am,

George Vreeland Hill

[yamuttya]

Well good night all my fellow Canadians. May you have sweet and peaceful dreams knowing that you don''''t have to have a gun to protect yourself because there isn''''t anything that you need to protect yourself from!




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Posted by erasmus6 at 03:20 AM : Feb 15, 2008

Exactly.
Case closed

[jerkeedoodle]

Jefferson himself saw the need for us to protect ourselves from tyrants.The right to keep and bear arms wasn''t added so you could hunt,or play cowboys and indians,it was added so that if an individual or group didn''t follow the rules,we would have the means to remove them from power.Humanism would have you believe that all men are basically good,and can be reasoned with.See how far you would get with Bin Laden if you came face to face with him.You think he''d "see the light"?I bought into it too,and was always unhappy since I expected the other guy to do the right thing.I am happier now since I''ve faced the fact that the human race is basically evil.I don''t expect anything from anyone anymore.When you boil it all down,you could say that every group that our government has gone after,domestic and abroad,are people that think differently than the so called "norm".The extreme right would have you think that they want you to have guns,but even they are trying to limit it to hunting weapons and pistols,even going so far as to make ammunition that goes bad if not used within a certain amount of time,so that you can''t stockpile it.Do you think GW really cares how you feel about what he''s done to the country?Do you think he''ll see the light of reason?What would you do if he started rounding up everyone that opposes him and the war,since,as he sees it,it''s for the good of the country to fight Islamic extremists,and everyone here that doesn''t agree is in essence a traitor?Can''t happen here?

[getaclue30]

GUNS CAN NOT MURDER, they have no life and are just a piece of metal. So, with that being said it''s the individuals holding the guns that make this issue debatable at all.

Laws are made to govern our country and we have to understand that in any situation "YOU CAN NOT PLEASE ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME". Crazy is as crazy does.

No matter the constraints placed on the law or citizens of our country a person that is determined to deviate will find a way. I personally feel safe having a choice.

Our problem now is finding a way to increase the likelihood that "you will get caught when attempting to deviate".

I pose that more schools invest in metal detectors and place them in areas that would deter "the crazies of our world".

Scenario: You live in a small town and this guy goes into the local Dollar General and opens fire on his girlfriend because she broke up with him. A man in the store has a conceal and carry permit....he kills the shooter dead.

Only in reality there was no indivisual with a conceal and carry permit...the gunman killed his girlfriend and then himself.

True story,case closed.

[erasmus6]

"I don''''t take offense to your description of American society because I know what you mean." posted by gce65

You are probably the only one that doesn''t take offense. Well, that isn''t true, I guess, others have said they agreed with what I have said and it wasn''t just my fellow Canadians that agreed, it was Americans too! I am very BLUNT when it comes to saying what I think. I was born that way.:)

[smirk5]

If Al-Qaeda did this, Cons would be ready to invade another country that had nothing to do with it.

[gce65]

erasmus:
I don''t take offense to your description of American society because I know what you mean. The concept of "the ugly American" is known around the world; typically loud, sometimes rude, ignorant of social customs and cultures. We expect the rest of the world to adjust to us.

[erasmus6]

"Well Good Night everyone. To all you law abiding gun owners out there may you have sweet and peaceful dreams knowing that you can protect you home, family and frinds if the need ever arises. To all you others may your nightmares be easy on you tonight. LOL" posted by retiredusa3

Well good night all my fellow Canadians. May you have sweet and peaceful dreams knowing that you don''t have to have a gun to protect yourself because there isn''t anything that you need to protect yourself from!

[tibu987]

I shudder to think of how you can tell a parent that their child was killed at school in a senseless shooting. I feel so saddened and hurt and I am an outsider. I just cannot imagine being the person who has to tell them, let alone being the parent to hear it. It is indeed a strange and mad world that we live in.

[erasmus6]

"lol erasmus6 You need to get your facts from someone other than CBS." posted by retiredusa3

I hate to tell you this but I don''t get all my facts from CBS. I have relatives that live in the U.S. Plus my grandparents, parents and myself have all owned property in the U.S. for years, up until recently. We have spent much time there.