DMN 04/28 OP Ed
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:49 am
A Brady Bunch type, shot at VT, pipes up with his solution to college shootings, or is it a solution or just a rant?
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And of course, my answer:
I am sorry for your suffering, but don’t you think that, once you realized you were being shot, you could have reacted by pulling a gun instead of throwing the phone away, and put an end to the rampage?
Well, even if you don’t, there are some who could and would, and it doesn’t take any less time to draw a cell phone and dial than it does to draw a gun and shoot. I’m not a particularly accomplished shooter, you won’t find me listed in the annals of record holders for my shooting accomplishments, but even as untrained and unpracticed as I am I can draw from concealment and put three shots on target in 1.86 seconds, and I know lots of people who can better me easily.
Remember the maxim “When seconds count, the police are just minutes away.” and consider how you felt just lying there waiting to be shot again, not knowing what was going to happen next. How long was it before SWAT got there? Wouldn’t you have felt somewhat better being proactive somehow instead of just lying there in fear?
Your three scholars’ 2002 article has been trumped by the recent article by three professors and in any case, CHL holders, who are by definition older than the average college student, are also, by that same definition, better behaved, and that is a matter of public record in all of the states where concealed carry is legal. Or are you saying that any college student is bound to be irresponsible and less than law abiding?
What the person who attempted to murder you did was already illegal, on so many levels, what makes you think that another law would have stopped him?
If just one legally armed student, staff, or faculty member, had been able to respond to the shooter, just one, it might very well have reduced the murderer’s body count significantly. Wasn’t the Brady bunch’s mantra, before they morphed from Handgun Control Inc, “If it saves just one life, it’s worth it.” in reference to infringement on constitutional rights, and doesn’t that apply here?
Yes, we have to solve the problem, but first the problem must be properly defined, and from my perspective, as someone who has also been shot and shot at, the problem is the gun free killing zones that amount to no risk shooting galleries rich with targets just ripe for nuts to take advantage of. Why do you think these mass murderers pick these places anyway? It's where the victims are!
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 3393d.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And of course, my answer:
I am sorry for your suffering, but don’t you think that, once you realized you were being shot, you could have reacted by pulling a gun instead of throwing the phone away, and put an end to the rampage?
Well, even if you don’t, there are some who could and would, and it doesn’t take any less time to draw a cell phone and dial than it does to draw a gun and shoot. I’m not a particularly accomplished shooter, you won’t find me listed in the annals of record holders for my shooting accomplishments, but even as untrained and unpracticed as I am I can draw from concealment and put three shots on target in 1.86 seconds, and I know lots of people who can better me easily.
Remember the maxim “When seconds count, the police are just minutes away.” and consider how you felt just lying there waiting to be shot again, not knowing what was going to happen next. How long was it before SWAT got there? Wouldn’t you have felt somewhat better being proactive somehow instead of just lying there in fear?
Your three scholars’ 2002 article has been trumped by the recent article by three professors and in any case, CHL holders, who are by definition older than the average college student, are also, by that same definition, better behaved, and that is a matter of public record in all of the states where concealed carry is legal. Or are you saying that any college student is bound to be irresponsible and less than law abiding?
What the person who attempted to murder you did was already illegal, on so many levels, what makes you think that another law would have stopped him?
If just one legally armed student, staff, or faculty member, had been able to respond to the shooter, just one, it might very well have reduced the murderer’s body count significantly. Wasn’t the Brady bunch’s mantra, before they morphed from Handgun Control Inc, “If it saves just one life, it’s worth it.” in reference to infringement on constitutional rights, and doesn’t that apply here?
Yes, we have to solve the problem, but first the problem must be properly defined, and from my perspective, as someone who has also been shot and shot at, the problem is the gun free killing zones that amount to no risk shooting galleries rich with targets just ripe for nuts to take advantage of. Why do you think these mass murderers pick these places anyway? It's where the victims are!
I dropped a decimal place when I did the math. 312,000 CHLs out of a population of about 24,000,000 equals 1.3% punching all those zeros into my touch screen calculator gets a little problematic sometimes.