I was a pleasure reading your sound responses. It is a black and white issue to me, and given the CHOICE, I’ll go on living the life of a lion, not a lamb.

These tragic events are nothing short of a call to arms. But the media has a different agenda and the entire disaster is diced and sliced to appeal to the widest audience to make a profit. Folks see it everywhere so “it must be true”. It must be comfortable to have others do your thinking for you when you can’t think for yourself. There is less conflict in your life when you just throw in the towel and float down river.
These disasters should make folks see how vulnerable they are and one would think…cause them to step up to the plate and take personal responsibility for their safety.

The words are: “a well regulated militia being necesssary . . . the RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE to bear arms shall not be infringed”, not the right of the militia, not the right of the state, it is a specific right of the people, and it would an aberration highly unlike James Madison and the other lawyers present to make such an exception without clearly stating so since the right to bear arms for food and self defense was a pre existing right well before 1789.

And who were the militia? The people themsleves were the militia, because in 1789 anything beyond the fall line was still the wild and woolly west, the country was beset by English spies, French spies, renegades, Indians, river pirates, highwaymen, all sorts of stuff. A situation not unlike the days afer Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans where organzed law enforcement cease to exist, and shop owmers who were not armed were looted by the ghouls and the pathetic helpless who only knew how to steal and cry for the government to come “do something”.

How clearer a connection do you need to see?
No, the NRA doesn’t win anything, THE PEOPLE win. And the enemies of democracy, and freedom and the left wing moonbats who want to see your country ripped apart loose, Zachery. Wake up and start thinking like an American.

This is not news – it is typical. And when decent law-abiding tax-paying citizens are allowed to carry firearms, even unarmed moonbats enjoy enhanced safety. When moonbats impose gun control on good citizens, only criminals are safe.

The sad truth is that only a handful of the NRA’s agenda is ever in practice in our country, and it is because of this that crimes like are still occurring on a regular basis. If the NRA had really “won”, then other students and faculty would have been able to intervene and/or defend themselves before dozens of people were senselessly slain.

There is undoubtedly an imbalance of firearms in this county, but the Leftist Fantasy Land where guns don’t exist and everyone is mentally stable is not only unreasonable, but to parade the idea around in order to promote their own agenda is irresponsible and downright dangerous to the well-being of our citizens.

Most people will find that those who do choose to carry firearms-myself included-do not try to force their views on others. But damned be the person who tries to tell me that my life will be better protected by making me give up my gun and place my faith in not only a police force who is increasing scared to take action against violent criminals, but to also believe in earnest that criminals will be standing in line behind me to forfeit their arms along with me. Disarming our citizens and stripping them of the ability to defend themselves and others is a tragedy all its own

My prayers are with all of those affected by these tragedies, directly or otherwise.

Semi-automatic firamrs, in the hands of any human being on earth, are NOT capable of firing 100 rounds a second. A small point but I don’t think you know that much about firarms. However, you are correct in noting that the 2′nd Amendment does not say about the internet, mental incapcity, or background checks. Nor was there any reason to mention any limitations to the right to possess firearms. If you used a gun in a criminal manner back then you would be hunted down and shot like a rabid dog. These checks and balances have all but disappeared today and instead of doing away with these evils within…we “rehabilitate” them.
OK. Whatever. I don’t see how any of that has anything to do with taking away my right to defend my life, the lives of my family, and in the case of VA Tech, the lives of my fellow citizens from death and/or great bodily harm.
You keep saying “we get what we deserve”.
You sound like the perfect victim…life just happens to you…you are not able to see any responsibility for your own safety.
Just dial 911 curl up in a fetal ball till the police show up with the paperwork detail.
Zack, I am 100% less vulnerable than those who choose to not possess firarms. But hey, I’m not one to piss in the wind…good luck.

You can rail against reason and history all you want, but the fact is that had one of the victims been trained and armed, the gunman would’ve had a tougher time killing so many. Had the suspect been shot, his injuries might have saved his life.

Get a grip on reality. Did you read any of the entries I posted earlier? Doesn’t my experience and expertise in this area merit your curiosity?

I’m not a member of NRA and as I posted earlier, I personally don’t like guns. But reality is hard to avoid: Had V-Tech not disarmed students who are qualified to carry concealed weapons, the bloodbath might have been averted. The reality is that V-Tech’s gun control guaranteed that their students were defenseless.

Show me any city where gun control exists and I’ll show you a town where crime and violence are out of control. Show me a town that allows trained citizens to carry concealed weapons and I’ll show you a city where crime are comparatively rare.

These are facts. Instead of railing against the NRA, you might travel a little. Read John Lott’s book, “Bias Against Guns and More Guns, Less Crime” before you respond next time. Or maybe imagine that you yourself are a student in a third-floor classroom and someone is coming to the room to shoot you. Wouldn’t you like to have a firearm to improve your chances of survival?

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Where, in the Second Amendment, does it say ANYTHING about letting the mentally incompetent obtain handguns?

Where does it say ANYTHING about buying a handgun on the Internet and having it shipped to a pawn shop, where ANYONE can stop by and pick it up?

Where does it say that gun shows are exempt from background checks, even, in the case of Virginia, exempt from providing picture ID?

Finally, where does it say that guns should be taken away from the military?

The NRA has won because it has made it so easy to obtain semi-automatic guns — that means these guns can fire up to 100 rounds per second — by anyone, almost anywhere.

The NRA has won because it has convinced the American people that it has the right to own handguns and automatic rifles.

The NRA has won because it has twisted and perverted the Second Amendment, as though the language did not include the phrase “A well regulated Militia…” which has, over the years, been misinterpreted to mean that anyone, anywhere and for any reason, the right to own a gun. In fact, using the arguement that the NRA supposes, you’d think that there was no military, no police, or no law enforcement of any kind.

The NRA has won becuase middle American would rather sacrifice their children than face up to an obvious fact: guns meant to kill people enable the people who want to kill to in fact kill as fast as they can, potentially, up to 100 people per second.

I’m not talking about the Military, nor hunters, having to give up their guns. With a long family history of military service, for anyone to lecture me about the role that guns have played in our history is, frankly, insulting. I can say with a great deal of confidence that my great Uncles who were killed in France and the South Pacific during WWII did not die so that Cho Seung-Hui could buy a .22 and a .9mm handgun and kill 32 classmates and teachers.

In fact, based on stories that my grandmother told me as a little boy, I would suspect that my Uncles would have told you this arguement was and is utter nonsense.

So, keep supporting the Cho Seung-Hui’s in this world, and keep donating to the NRA, and keep spewing this offensive line of reasoning. But remember, as I said, we get what we deserve, and you and your children are out there in this society, as vulnerable as 32 Virginians were on Monday morning.

John Lott has written extensively on the stupidity of gun control. Career cops like me who investigate violent crime know how valuable a firearm can be in the protection of life. You’ll also find examples of how firearms regularly protect life at THIS SITE. The media clearly sides with the anti-gun crowd, which is why the gore and mayhem from shootings reaches page one, while the millions of lives saved are almost never mentioned. From Iraq to Compton, the media celebrates violence and ignores peace.

Personally, guns bore me. I got tired of shooting and cleaning them while in the Marine Corps. But I also saw personally how guns save lives and prevent crime. Gun control should prevent felons, crazies, and incompetents from carrying or possessing firearms, but it should not prevent good citizens from carrying them if they choose to. And as it has been throughout US history, those of us who carry firearms will continue to make our country safe for those who choose not to carry.

And since liberals think that mothers have the right to choose death for their babies, I don’t know why they would oppose mothers who choose to carry firearms.

The NRA has not won…it has surrvived!
The Gun, and it’s role in history, has created the very democracy you live in.
Look around you Zach. Your day-in and day-out freedoms are exist because we are a “Superpower”, with a massive arsenal at the ready to protect it.
Go get a Latte’ and call it a day.

Nevertheless, our culture gets what it deserves. When we allow anyone to have a gun, you’ll end up with everyone having guns. And then we’re back to the Stone Age, only killing each other with greater speed, precision and frequency than was available when the only tools were sticks and stones. Does it not bother anyone else that this kid bought a Glock on the internet and had it delivered to a pawn shop across the street?

The NRA has won, and we’re all the losers. You can look forward to this story repeating itself, ad infinitum, for the foreseeable future.

Who, among men, would stand by and let a murderous rampage of any kind continue?

I know a lot bout firearms and ballistics.
A .22 and 9mm are nothing when lives are on the line.

The men ran away and left others to die.
The men did not fight.

This is not a gun issue.
It is literally an issue of Manhood.
I say that with no reservation,
for I know myself to be a rare male
who would have violently confronted the
threat.

Mike Gruber

As a cop who spent years in LA’s bloody alleys and housing projects, I’ve seen the terrible effects of gun control first hand. I’ve held kids as they died in my arms. My essay is not about “scoring political points.” Virginia Tech proves that gun control cannot prevent violent acts, while lawfully concealed guns have prevented hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of violent acts.

Remember the Salt Lake City shooting a few months ago? One armed off-duty cop prevented dozens of killings, holding off the gunman until police arrived. America has millions of military active, reserve, and veterans, who are trained to carry weapons. Millions more were trained privately. One armed student or teacher could have prevented this bloodbath, and Democrats made it illegal for them to do so.

Virginia Tech’s gunman killed dozens of unarmed students, but the blood is written exclusively with Democrat hands. This is not politics - this is reality.

What is it about reality that Democrats don’t get?

The subject is being discussed now specifically because of the event, but people like Lars Larson bring it up frequently and no one seems to care then.

So, right now it’s not the proper time, and when things calm down who cares? If the only time people will discuss the issue is after a tragedy, then after the tragedy is the proper time…

Coursework could include: shoot first and ask questions later; how to buy a gun without so much as a drivers’ license; and my favorite, Vigils in the Making: What to Wear, What to Say and How to Act.

And just to add icing to the cake, the NRA is holding its annual meeting! What timing!

How many people would support laws controlling white men, such as requiring them to live in barbed-wire enclosed hostels, forbidding them to leave unsupervised or without permission, and supervising all visits with outsiders?

If such laws were in place in November of 2002, Laci Peterson would be alive today.

A lot of people who call for stricter gun control laws would support laws similar to the one I described above - except that it would be enforced against people who fail the paperbag test.

Shootings at a dorm and classroom on the Virginia Tech campus left at least one person dead and one …