Virginia Tech. Even the star athletes among Cho's hostages never moved against him, so cowed by the presence of a small-caliber pistol were they, even as he was reloading. Boys and girls lined up as ordered and died in sequence. Tech was already a gun-free zone. The police who responded -- campus cops and from the town of Blacksburg -- hid behind trees in the snow with their "patrol rifles" until they heard the shooting stop. And Goddard wants more of the same kind of failure. Plus, about a year later, a Tech student used a knife from a campus cafe to behead the girl he was obsessed with when she rebuffed him, right there on the sidewalk. No one could do anything, being unarmed. The college knew he was unstable, JUST LIKE SEUNG-HUI CHO. A professor had asked that Cho be removed from her class. The system can't and won't protect you. It can only control you. If you let it. Fortunately, there are enough guns in private hands to arm everyone who wants to be armed. It cound get interesting when government agents start entrapping people for private transfers not involved with gun shows. That's next.
Interesting. Goddard reveals some things about his involvement in the VT shootings, and aftermath, of which I was previously unaware.
1. He wasn't merely shot multiple times. He was shot while pleading for someone else to help him. He then lay there passively as the shooter occasionally strolled by to shoot him again. And again. And again. All while he did nothing. He didn't even stay on the phone with 911; some girl did that when he lost his grip on the phone. He didn't even crawl off to hide; he just lay there, and let the perp shoot him over and over again. Per his story, he doesn't even have the excuse of unconsciousness.
2. His long term response to the shootings, if we believe his own story, was to commit strawman purchases of firearms in various states as a nonresident, including an "AK-47". Which, again if we believe his own story, means he illegally acquired an automatic weapon. Or he's an idiot with zip credibility.
A chipmunk shows a stronger survival drive than that. And when chipmunks become aware of a predator, they warn each other and take cover. Nor do they react to a prowling cat by insisting other chipmunks bare their fuzzy little throats to the feline fangs.
I hope this c/h/i/p/ guy has gotten a vasectomy; genes like that shouldn't be passed on.
If Cho was that dangerous, why was he allowed to remain free and not committed to a psychiatric facility?
Being strange and weird does not deprive you of any rights, but being mentally ill to the point of being a danger to yourself or others can, when it is identified by someone with sufficient authority to commit the individual to a psychiatric facility. However, this usually occurs after some harmful event. Remember, we usually do not confine our citizens because they might commit an unlawful act.
If Cho had taken a machete and attacked the students, would gardening tools then be prohibited by the Federal government?
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ReplyDeleteVirginia Tech. Even the star athletes among Cho's hostages never moved against him, so cowed by the presence of a small-caliber pistol were they, even as he was reloading. Boys and girls lined up as ordered and died in sequence. Tech was already a gun-free zone. The police who responded -- campus cops and from the town of Blacksburg -- hid behind trees in the snow with their "patrol rifles" until they heard the shooting stop. And Goddard wants more of the same kind of failure.
ReplyDeletePlus, about a year later, a Tech student used a knife from a campus cafe to behead the girl he was obsessed with when she rebuffed him, right there on the sidewalk. No one could do anything, being unarmed. The college knew he was unstable, JUST LIKE SEUNG-HUI CHO. A professor had asked that Cho be removed from her class.
The system can't and won't protect you. It can only control you. If you let it.
Fortunately, there are enough guns in private hands to arm everyone who wants to be armed. It cound get interesting when government agents start entrapping people for private transfers not involved with gun shows. That's next.
Interesting. Goddard reveals some things about his involvement in the VT shootings, and aftermath, of which I was previously unaware.
ReplyDelete1. He wasn't merely shot multiple times. He was shot while pleading for someone else to help him. He then lay there passively as the shooter occasionally strolled by to shoot him again. And again. And again. All while he did nothing. He didn't even stay on the phone with 911; some girl did that when he lost his grip on the phone. He didn't even crawl off to hide; he just lay there, and let the perp shoot him over and over again. Per his story, he doesn't even have the excuse of unconsciousness.
2. His long term response to the shootings, if we believe his own story, was to commit strawman purchases of firearms in various states as a nonresident, including an "AK-47". Which, again if we believe his own story, means he illegally acquired an automatic weapon. Or he's an idiot with zip credibility.
A chipmunk shows a stronger survival drive than that. And when chipmunks become aware of a predator, they warn each other and take cover. Nor do they react to a prowling cat by insisting other chipmunks bare their fuzzy little throats to the feline fangs.
I hope this c/h/i/p/ guy has gotten a vasectomy; genes like that shouldn't be passed on.
If Cho was that dangerous, why was he allowed to remain free and not committed to a psychiatric facility?
ReplyDeleteBeing strange and weird does not deprive you of any rights, but being mentally ill to the point of being a danger to yourself or others can, when it is identified by someone with sufficient authority to commit the individual to a psychiatric facility. However, this usually occurs after some harmful event. Remember, we usually do not confine our citizens because they might commit an unlawful act.
If Cho had taken a machete and attacked the students, would gardening tools then be prohibited by the Federal government?
Reason trumps hysteria once again:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1u0Byq5Qis
(Suzanna Hupp's testimony in the wake of the Kileen Luby's massacre.)
So why is Castle a 'republican' -- why not kick him out of the GOP?
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