My two cents
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eumeliaThe news and blogosphere are awash with commentary about the Virginia Tech Massacre.
I'm not really sure what there is to add to what's been going on, it's a shame... in the true sense of the word, there will be reports by the police, pundits are giving their opinions, whether properly based or not and the blog is agog with commentary from all over the world.
The man was armed to the hilt with automatic and semi-automatic firearms. I have to ask? Dude, WTF?!
I understand the American Second Amendment and I understand the feeling of "needing" a gun, I also understand the rush of using a gun, I personally felt very powerful after firing my M-16, but was happy to return it to where it belongs in the armory.
But an M-16 is an assault rifle used in the Military... what would you need an assault rifle for when you're Suburbia, or even the Country, surely a regular pistol would suffice. And a shotgun, which to my limited understanding is used for hunting (?), what do you need one of those for in the city.
He had so many guns, so many deadly weapons and they were not used for protection and hunting, they were used for mindless killing.
In actuality, this student didn't need guns to commit this act of violence, all they did was give him wider scope, if he hadn't been able to acquire firearms he probably would have just commited suicide.
Shame gun laws in the Common Wealth if Virginia are so lax.
May all those lost rest in peace and all those who survived keep going strong.
I'm not really sure what there is to add to what's been going on, it's a shame... in the true sense of the word, there will be reports by the police, pundits are giving their opinions, whether properly based or not and the blog is agog with commentary from all over the world.
The man was armed to the hilt with automatic and semi-automatic firearms. I have to ask? Dude, WTF?!
I understand the American Second Amendment and I understand the feeling of "needing" a gun, I also understand the rush of using a gun, I personally felt very powerful after firing my M-16, but was happy to return it to where it belongs in the armory.
But an M-16 is an assault rifle used in the Military... what would you need an assault rifle for when you're Suburbia, or even the Country, surely a regular pistol would suffice. And a shotgun, which to my limited understanding is used for hunting (?), what do you need one of those for in the city.
He had so many guns, so many deadly weapons and they were not used for protection and hunting, they were used for mindless killing.
In actuality, this student didn't need guns to commit this act of violence, all they did was give him wider scope, if he hadn't been able to acquire firearms he probably would have just commited suicide.
Shame gun laws in the Common Wealth if Virginia are so lax.
May all those lost rest in peace and all those who survived keep going strong.
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Date: 2007-04-18 04:06 pm (UTC)Actually I'd disagree with that quite strongly. Gun crime was rare here in the UK, and it is still rare. But I don't think there was a significant raise in violent crime when guns were outlawed.
Outlawing guns in the UK was an unqualified success. But we could do it here, because we never had high levels of private gun ownership. It couldn't be done in the States.