Comments on: Shootings At Va. Tech Spark Gun Debate

Two Experts On Opposite Side of The Spectrum Appeared On "The Early Show" To Talk About Gun Policy

[reball-lv]

In an ideal world, crime would not exist. And yet... it does. No matter how many laws are passed, some anti-social type will wreak havoc for some reason known only to he/she. In the Hebrew myth the first son of the first man killed the first brother, which is an interesting metaphor explaining the reality of murder from the outset of mankind's journey through life.
Gun control? Congress can pass all the laws they want and make everything under the sun illegal and it won't change a thing in the day to day if someone finds a way to make money thru' the black market or feels a need to take someone's money or life.
That is a sad reality.
I do know that the Police cannot be everywhere at once, all the time... omnipresent.
I do know that the Supreme Court has ruled more than once that Police Agencies have NO OBLIGATION to protect the citizens.
Where does that leave a law-abiding citizen?
With a choice.
To either protect themselves from evil or to do nothing and suffer from it.
What was the last thing going through Abel's mind when his brother Cain decided to get some jealous payback? Why, the rock held in Cain's hand, of course.

[drlindahf]

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[netadmin1-2009]

usbrit

Ms. Hupp watched her parents gunned down as she held their hands. She would have at least had an opportunity to stop Mr. Hernard. Were you there that day, at Luby's on US Hwy 190 in Killeen? Unless you were - you have no idea what it was like - keep any comments about Luby's to yourself.

Thanks

[wiccantexan]

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Posted by drlindahf at 04:57 PM : Apr 17, 2007
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How about revising the trend that doesn't prepare kids for real life, aka "everyone's a winner, etc" pablum that teaches them that disappointment is abnormal rather than the norm. To not have any skills whatsoever to deal with life's obstacles, leading them to more extreme emotional reactions than should really be there.

[charlesdjohn]

I have a better cure for school violence! Let's take away all the emotionless killing, gore and violence that today's youth learn from video games. These games teach kids to kill without the emotional attachment.

I don't hear any congressman calling for tighter controls on violent video games.....

Where do you think these young people learn this ***?

[drlindahf]

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[charlesdjohn]

I would like to see Dr. Hupp run for president!

[charlesdjohn]

Actually, the shooter is the only one to blame! However, the gun ban crowd want us to believe that the gun did the killing!

If he had chained the doors closed and used 2 gallons of gasoline to set fire to all the exits he could have killed a lot more people. I wonder if there would be a congressman or senator calling for tighter control on the sale of gasoline?

[usbrit-2009]

In an ideal world guns would not exist. Thus no-one would be killed by one (or the person holding one). This is the only way that such a horrible incident could be 100% avoided. Unfortunately that Pandora's box has long since been opened. With or without the country's much misplaced adherence to the 2nd amendment, 200 million guns do exist in this country and (unfortunately) they will not go away. Thus the problem is how do we ensure that ownership is more exclusively reserved for "responsible and legal gun-owners." Now one of the mantras of the NRA is "If guns are outlawed etc." and they and their followers are the ones decrying the usual "liberal" reaction to this and other similar disasters. I would think that it would do their causes no end of good if they could just come up with one idea to stop the criminal class getting a hold of weaponry so easily. What say you guys - you can do it!!!

[charlesdjohn]

This massacre is the direct result of the gun ban laws. These laws disarmed the entire student body and faculty at the university. These laws enabled this wacko to gun down those students like turkeys at a turkey shoot.