What is the "abstract debate" about the right to KEEP and bear arms? I always thought self defense was the whole point, whether it be against a bad guy or a bad government.NcongruNt wrote:It was an opinion I heard from many students at Virginia Tech and it goes beyond the abstract debate about the "right to bear arms", enshrined in the Constitution. It is about self defence in the face of a rampaging menace.
More support for keeping "trace" data out of the hands of the press and others seeking to use the date for other than its intended purpose.Would John Markell, the owner of the Roanoke firearms shop really have wanted to sell Cho the 9mm Glock if he had read some of these pages? After all four guns sold from his shop had already been reportedly involved in other homicides.
Unfortunately, yes. They are the safest place for a criminal to commit these types of acts.Will the next shooting take place at another university, a high school, a nursery or a secretarial college?
But will the soul-searching ever produce legislation and will it make schools safer?
It will definitely produce legislation but it is HIGHLY unlikely that it will make schools safer. Events such as this generally produce bad laws.