Ironically most towns during the Wild West period required all firearms to be checked in at the town sheriff's office. Wyatt Earp enforced Dodge City's ban on gun-carrying within town limits. In fact, the gunfight at the OK Corral happened because the marshal tried to enforce a local ordinance that barred carrying firearms in public. A judge had fined one of the victims $25 earlier that day for packing a pistol. (http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jan/23/nation/la-na-tombstone-20110123).
On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[email protected]> wrote: > > you really think that the kid wouldn't have attempted something like this > because the teacher might be packing, that's rational Bruce talking, not > crazy student. > > and you really think the seriousness of the injuries would have been the same > had he used a gun instead of a knife? > > had there been extra guns, the only thing that would have kept the kids any > safer would have been for them to wear body armor. > > We used to have a society where guns were brandished by most people. It was > called the wild west. Was it safer than we are today? > > Why not arm all the teachers with tasers? Why is the answer to gun violence > more guns? Does the answer have to be lethal? > > > On Apr 9, 2014, at 1:21 PM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In the case of >> this recent event, you are right, a gun would have been a bit much for an >> appropriate response, but recall the original thread. Someone implied that >> the violence could have been worse had the student had a gun, and so I >> implied that if the student had a gun, and so did the teachers/officials, >> either the crazy would not have acted at all, or the kids could have had >> some degree of protection. No matter how you look at it though, there WILL >> be injuries/casualties no matter what. We just need a way to mitigate the >> number of casualties/injuries. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369882 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
