What is even sadder is that if VT had not been a gun free zone, the death toll probably would have been much lower. The cops responded well, not heroicly, and didn't have to save anyone (ask the Supreme Court about that one). If we can't rely on the cops to put thier lives on the line for us, we need to take control of our safety.
Just think if the professor who was a Holocaust survivor had had a concealed carry permit. >Sure, the bulk of us might be able to watch Grindhouse, and then play >5 hours of Doom, and then watch CSI, and not shoot up a college. But >some of us can't and all it takes is one to kill hundreds. > >For me the VT message is not so much how many were killed (and each >person is truly a tragedy) but how lucky we were it wasn't more. > >Therefore one question is, do we want a society that celebrates >violence in film, video games, and television? It would seem to me >that if we want a vice it should be s3x, not violence. > >That having been said, I totally agree with you; but in addition. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:232801 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
