DEB wrote:First, I feel that in order to have a fully effective Background Check the Government must have full registration of all firearms. In order to have a fully effective registration of firearms the Government must have the ability to enter one's home, without notice, of those they suspect having firearms. Don't believe me? Become an FFL and read what you are agreeing to allow. Also, check what is happening to gun-owners or those who are suspect in having a firearm, in England, South Africa and Australia. Still don't? See what it is like to be a Soldier living on base, either in the Barracks or in Housing and what they must agree to. As an NCO, I was complicit in enforcing those rules, although I believe nobody had any illusions about their Bill of Rights within the military. I was also complicit in Bosnia, in the removal of those folk's weapons. I was on Fort Hood during both of the attacks, even assisted with a Soldier who had suffered a Gun Shot wound in his lower chest on the left side. Full gun control sure didn't stop those acts. Now, I am no longer in the Military, I want to remain free to react to how I will allow someone to victimize me, i.e. theft of property versus attack on person. So, although I feel for those who are victimized by the evil within our society, I do not want to be the willing victim, I want the chance to protect myself and my family and those others I love. Even if I lose and perish, I never want either me or those I love to have to bend our necks to the knife or get on our knees for the bullet, reference Iraq, Syria, Libya, Mexico, Honduras, et al, even this most recent act in Oregon. So, IMHO, those who support mandatory full Background Checks, either don't understand the ramifications of that or are complicit in a scripted end result of a full gun ban. Because I fully believe that is the intended end result. They may say whatever they please, but I can tell a Leopard by its spots. RIP to all those who perished under this monster's attack. I believe though, that some of the blame can be pointed toward those who have intentionally disarmed the American people, both in thought and action. Most no longer have the Martial spirit, as even that has been dumbed down by the intentional snide, elitist attacks on what was once considered to be honorable. Look at the frenzy after each of these attacks, disarm, disarm. I would rather see them teaching these, (Young People for crying out loud), to attack those who wish to do them harm. Instead of Run, Hide, Fight; teach Fight, Run. If all 9 of those (now deceased) young folks would have attacked this person and then beat him to death, how many would have died? Just because you get shot, doesn't mean death, especially immediate death. Go to the local VFW and you will find many individuals who have stories of survival. But if you allow someone to place a firearm to your head and then allow them to pull the trigger, you most assuredly will perish. But, no one will react like this unless you train them, just as the Military does for React to Contact and etc. These are young dynamic people and they are allowing themselves to be willing accomplices in their deaths. I salute their bravery for not denouncing their Lord and Savior, but I really salute the young Veteran who at least attempted to stop the shooter. What would it have looked like, if all 9 of those who died had assisted him, is my question? Hopefully this didn't sound heartless or uncaring, because it most assuredly wasn't meant to be. My heart breaks when I hear of these actions, but my heart ache is both from feelings of loss as well as my frustration and anger at our leadership within our Churches, the media, each of the separate States as well as at the National stage.
I would have broken this up into paragraphs for readability, but I think you're spot on. I note that one of the dead students was shot as she stuck her head out of the classroom into the hall to see if escape was possible. Apparently, the teacher in the classroom where the slaughter took place was killed immediately before he could do or say anything. But I had much the same question that you had: what rooted the victims in place, instead of trying to bum rush the shooter?
But this is hardly the first time this has happened. On 9/11/01, only the passengers on flight 93 tried to organize any resistance to the hijackers. The others on the other flights were presumably paralyzed by fear, and simply went like sheep to their own slaughter. I don't say this to be disrespectful at all, but it does seem to me that when the chips are absolutely down, and you're probably going to die anyway, you've got nothing to lose by trying to take that plane, or classroom, back. I don't recall how many passengers were on each of the 4 hijacked flights that day, but we know that the hijackers numbered only 5 per flight, so they were far from invincible. I think that, to our detriment, society has largely bred the capacity for righteous violence out of us.