School Shootings and Gun Control
I figured I would air my opinion of this horrible tragedy that has recently happened to those at VA Tech. First of all, I think the criticism for waiting a “whole two hours” before releasing the information is insane. Two hours is not that long - really. The second I think is more important. Of course people are going to push for more gun control, which is the exact opposite of the real solution to this problem. Think of if at least some of these law abiding students or faculty had a firearm and a good aim. The murderer could have been picked off long before he got to 30 people. The gun haters just don’t get that guns are not going to away no matter how much we try to legislate it. Even if guns were not available, people can still go on these rampages with knives or home made bombs. Most intelligent people know how easy it is to make a bomb. The real solution here is for the law abiding people to be able to defend themselves as much as feasible - not to make us sitting ducks which is what seems to have happened at VA tech. Start thinking about reality people, instead of going into your own little hypothetical worlds where everything operates how you think it should be. I seriously think that most of the people need to live with someone like the shooter. They would realize real quick that the gun is not the problem, the person is the problem. The person is going to find a way to hurt others - the means by which he/she hurts others is simply a detail.