Lessons from Memsahib Brady Nirvana

Only a small group of determined monsters created the carnage...

And perhaps the most troubling question to emerge for the Indian authorities was how, if official estimates are accurate, just 10 gunmen could have caused so much carnage and repelled Indian security forces for more than three days in three different buildings.

...by exploiting a disarmed victim pool...

The Oberoi Group employs many plainclothes security officers in its hotels, but these are unarmed, Oberoi said. Obtaining a license for even a single officer to carry a gun is extremely difficult in India, which has tight gun control laws.

Yet even security guards armed with handguns might hesitate to resist an assault by heavily armed terrorists who have a detailed knowledge of the hotel's layout, as was the case at the Oberoi and Taj.

So much for relying on the "Only Ones."

Pros deride terrible tactics and poor equipment in face of Mumbai crisis

Fortunately, the elites and well-connected were taken care of:

"Last night, as the events of the terror attack unfolded in front of me I did something for the first time and one that I had hoped never ever to be in a situation to do. Before retiring for the night, I pulled out my licensed .32 revolver, loaded it and put it under my pillow. For a very disturbed sleep," the megastar wrote on his blog.

This is a nearly laboratory-perfect example of "gun control" in practice. The lesson is just this clear, just this direct: Disarming people renders them defenseless. Predators don't obey disarmament edicts. Authorities can't prevent atrocities, only respond to them.

That's no surprise to those of us who have been screaming this into the wind for years. Whether the dawning of realization will stick with the "Authorized Journalists," who's voices drown out ours, remains to be seen. I doubt it, but if anything will illustrate their intellectual disconnect, this will:

Mumbai photographer: I wish I'd had a gun, not a camera. Armed police would not fire back

That's odd--the latest Brady News Release is silent on the whole affair, focusing instead on doing what they do best--recycling and magnifying old lies to further erode the foundations of Liberty.

In light of stark reality, don't they look ridiculous and contemptible?

[Via Avg Joe, Cris C, Ron W, Plug Nickel Times]

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