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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232810 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
