> What the hell is the current gun control legislation other than poorly > enacted and enforced laws? Making universities gun free zones were > what made this tragedy such a tragedy. What would have happened if a > single professor or student who had been killed was able to draw down > on this guy? > > He was a wacko. A gun safety class would not have done a damn thing. > Mandatory concealled carry would have given him pause.
You're assuming rationality in this case. In all likelihood that would have just fed the fantasies he was enacting. Besides who is to say that he just wouldn't have shot the first few people with firearms, more guns and ammo for him. Simply and bluntly put, people do not act rationally in such a situation, there would have been people firing all over the place, with all sorts of collateral damage. > > >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... > > What then? Keep "poorly enacted and enforced laws" on the books? We > need to repeal those poorly enacted laws. > > >Just to nip this in the bud, the answer is not to start repealing gun > laws. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232874 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
