It's inevitable after the VA Tech shootings that the anti-gun lobby would again publicly rear its ugly head. The Bloomberg.com quotes California democrat and representative Henry Waxman, "I hope the tragedy at Virginia Tech will awaken all of us to look again at easy access to handguns and other weapons that allows people to have them and use them in tragic ways." And the LA Times quotes New York democrat and representative Carolyn McCarthy as having said, "The unfortunate situation in Virginia could have been avoided if congressional leaders stood up to the gun lobby."
As if those who advocate the right to keep and bear arms are somehow responsible for the massacre.
Is it possible that the gun-control lobby might have made this tragedy worse than it could have been? Consider that in 2006, the anti-gun lobby celebrated the defeat of Virginia House Bill 1572, which would have permitted students legally and peacefully to carry legal and licensed firearms for their own defense. University officials actually praised the bill's defeat, suggesting that it would make the campus a lot safer.
However, it is not unreasonable to observe that had students been able and willing to carry weapons, that they could and would have defended themselves against this madman. Instead, the campus was not safer. It was a wide open target for anyone who paid no regard to the rules. Guns were not legally allowed on campus, so only one bent on committing murder had a gun on campus. Thus, the anti-gun lobby made this tragedy possible.
OneNewsNow.com, of the American Family News Network reports two occasions in the past decade during which civilians legally armed with their own firearms stopped a killing spree.
Nothing can prevent bad people from gaining access to weapons. This is universally true and documented.
The proper way to observe this isn't that because a man got a gun, he killed many people. The truth is that many people were killed by a man because they did not have guns.
Leave it to the police, some say. However, the police can't get to these things in time. Victims can't demand a "Time out!" until law enforcement officials arrive. There is a time span of at least several minutes during which victims are utterly defenseless--because of the anti-gun lobby. They are not protected by anti-gun legislation. They are endangered and too often condemned by it.
In a somewhat related side-note, MSNBC reports today that the 1944 Miss America winner recently defended herself and her property with her own .38. Who would ask this 82 year-old who needs a walker to get around to run, hide, and wait for the police?
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