You're right the root cause is that no one caught this psychopath, before he did this. There are steps people could've taken to have him evaluated and treated or committed.
But having to take that safety course may have given him time to think about it... either way Virginia gun laws are bullshit. We'd still be the gun runner capital of North America if someone hadn't stepped up and stopped it. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 7241 Jillspring Ct. Springfield, Va. 22152 (703) 220-2835 http://www.sstwebworks.com -----Original Message----- From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 9:24 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: VA Massacre & Gun Control I just don't buy that. People had been reaching out to this kid for years it sounds like, and he just wasn't going to allow himself to be helped. I don't see how a gun safety course would have mattered one iota. If we truly relish our freedoms, then we have to accept the fact that some people will take advantage of those freedoms to do horrible, horrible things. We must decide whether we will allow these actions to erode our freedoms, or to further embrace them. On 4/18/07, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, Russ, poorly enacted and enforced laws made this worse. If Virginia > had > even mandatory safety courses it would have given this young man pause, > and > he may not have done it... > > Just to nip this in the bud, the answer is not to start repealing gun > laws. > > -- > Scott Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > > SSTWebworks > 7241 Jillspring Ct. > Springfield, Va. 22152 > (703) 220-2835 > > http://www.sstwebworks.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 8:23 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: VA Massacre & Gun Control > > What new law would have prevented this? A gun control law made the whole > situation worse, IMO. Had at least one professor or student in the area > been trained on handgun use and had a concealed carry permit with a > firearm > this would have been a different story. The first two victims would > probably be dead, but maybe not the next 30. > > Looking at this with some training, this guy was basically a coward. He > locked the doors to prevent a response. That was the act of a coward, a > forward thinking coward, but still a coward. He also knew he was the only > armed gunman on campus. > > I doubt he would have run when confronted by another armed person, but he > probably would have retreated and killed himself. > > >So I'm for conceal and carry AND new gun control laws which I don't > >view as conflicting. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232814 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
