The truth and the logic of firearms v.s. the emotional left
The truth of the world is that there is violence. it cannot be escaped, it cannot be easily avoided, and in the brutal truth of the matter, only YOU can account for your own safety and protection, because no-one else can be held responsible for it.
The pandora's box of gunpowder has been opened and it cannot be put back. If guns are taken from law abiding citizens then only the government and the criminals will have the guns. After a time without our firearms to defend us and our Constitutional rights, we will not be able to tell the government from the criminals. The police are under no mandate to protect you 24/7, it is NOT their responsibility. they can only do what they can do, it is not a bad reflection of them and their services and sacrifices. However, one cannot sue the police because you were assaulted, robbed, or murdered and they failed to protect you.
In this latest tragic event, the college security could not seem to keep this killer off campus, they could not respond quickly enough to defend the lost students, the police couldnt make it until near the end. NO-ONE was there to protect the students. I beleive that this campus, like most all others, has a ban on firearms anywhere on the premisis. The following statement is the central point of thought in this post:
If ANY of the students, administrators, Resident Managers, or facalty had been trained with a firearm, had a firearm and had been allowed to carry it on their person on campus, this incident may have been much less serious, or even stopped.
The idiots in the media, in politics, and other liberal types that make knee-jerk reactions without thinking and go by emotion instead of logic will now be screaming to ban firearms. Instead, the gun laws should be relaxed so that it is much easier for reasonable, responsible, law abiding person to carry concealed as much as possible.
Contrary to popular belief that is spread by the emotional left, it would not become like Dodge City with constant shootouts in the streets. On the contrary, we would be a pleasant, safer society who have the abilty to defend our lives and property ourselves. We would not need to rely on any false sense of security that law enforcement will be there when we need them.
Ask any one who is in favor of draconian gun control if they really want to put their lives in the hands of those who are under no obligation at all to keep you from being harmed. Ask if they would want the ability to defend themselves. Ask any woman who is married and a mother if they feel comfortable with her and her childerens' safety that depends on a man who has the veiw point that guns do not belong in the home and that its best to just go along with a criminal that breaks in and do what he demands and hope that he is a kind and gentle criminal. Ask a wife or girlfriend what she would think of her husband/boyfriend as he is forced to watch as she is violated, he was unable to protect her because he doesnt believe in gun ownership.
thank you -- Eric
(Bill O'Reilly was just making some remarks on FOX News that prompted me to post this.) I don't think for one minute our society is violent; we just have a few violent gun slinging nuts hell bent on hurting and killing innocent people along with 24 hour cable news that brings us everything in real time and makes it seen so. It can overwhelm our emotions to the point of overload and we become irrational. Even though today is a day of sorrow and tragedy for the entire country and my heart and prayers go out to everyone touched by this senseless act, I'm sure there were plenty of good things that happened that we will never hear about. What are your thoughts?
