Mindful of the 2007 Virginia Tech University massacre and gun violence in general, Gov. David Paterson has proposed a sensible package of legislation to limit access to firearms.Apparently it involves an anti-defense zealot and a victim who proved utterly incapable of defending herself or others cutting memorial ribbons, which at least should make memorializing future sets of victims inexpensive.
Ol' Abby Spangler's looking a little anore...uh...thin there. She reminds me of a line from Tom Robbins' "Another Roadside Attraction"--she could use a pound of steak and some fries.
And Paterson--talk about your double-dealer! Cheating on his...I mean, snorting co...I mean, stumping for gun control with one hand, pardoning "gun criminals" with the other...
You'll pardon me if I find nothing sensible about any of these misfits, and especially about giving them power over the choices of non-defective men and women who have no self control or trust issues.
Every person who died in such "massacres" may as well have government officials spit on their graves. The reason these massacres happen is because of the mind controlling drugs that too often backfire on the people using them.
ReplyDeleteEveryone of these massacres has these drugs in common. These drugs clearly are making some people raging, uncontrollable mad. These people are going to kill no matter what kind of weapon they have. How many people can a wide eyed drug fueled crazy kill with other kinds of weapons that are not firearms.
Paterson appears to be a textbook case: Unable to control his own behavior, he projects his incapacity onto the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteWhen the Vogons come to destroy Earth for a hyperspace bypass, maybe first they'll make all the guns all over the world hang high in the air in precisely the way bricks don't.* That's the only way the Paterson Plan will work. Also the Bloomberg Bungle, the Nagin Nonsense, the Nutter Nincompoopcy and all the rest of the would-be dictators' ideas. Guns come from somewhere and, having done so, do not evaporate like dry ice. Criminals will have them. So will I, regardless of any law. They can keep trying. If Paterson wants to blame lax gun control when there were only two UNauthorized guns that we know of at Va. Tech, both in the hands of the demonic Cho, while police hid behind trees and cars...
ReplyDelete* Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
I don't get why he brings up the "Hinckler-Cho Massacre" without addressing the cause: victim disarmament. It's almost like he doesn't think the truth matters!
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Avgjoe brings up a point I've hesitated to mention (in case it inspires the next psycho):
ReplyDeleteHow many people can a wide eyed drug fueled crazy kill with other kinds of weapons that are not firearms.
If the VT killer (I will not say his name) hadn't been able to get guns, how many would have died if he had chosen to use homemade pipe bombs (IEDs)? Everything needed for an effective IED can easily be bought at Wal-Mart.
Make a bunch of IEDs, open a classroom door and toss in a couple, then close the door. You've just killed anywhere from 12-30 people with a few hours work and a few seconds action. Move to the next room.
People who are bent on mass murder will find a way, no matter what you outlaw. After all, if they cared about the law, they wouldn't be trying to kill people!
Riposte3, I've made this point here time and again.
ReplyDeleteThe single largest mass murder in American history was reportedly committed with box cutters (9/11), the second largest ostensibly with fuel oil and fertilizer (OKC) and third place was taken using a gallon of gasoline and a match (Happyland Dance Club).
That last took the least amount of planning, so bang for the buck probably gave the most "payout"--as I recall, 88 people were killed when a jealous lover torched an illegal dance club to revenge himself on a girl who danced with other men--and she survived.
Guns did not factor into any of these--except to note that if they had, the worst of them might have been thwarted.
Bottom line--if anyone wanted to be creatively evil, there are many ways to create horrific casualties.
Well, we've always known that "gun-control" isn't about guns.
ReplyDeleteI've decided to refuse the controller's demands.
A little, at first. Soon, more, as friends and family become aware, consciousness raised, and suspicious of current trends in militarized law enforcement.
I'm agreeing with Straightarrow and Mike Vanderboegh that it's looking like we only have about 4 more years before the matches start lighting the fuses.