tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post4736989240275871028..comments2023-12-17T16:44:41.905-08:00Comments on AndrewsDad: AndrewsDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03060145267580346676noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-9570124062192228682007-08-08T09:08:00.000-07:002007-08-08T09:08:00.000-07:00It shocks me how everyone thinks this article has ...It shocks me how everyone thinks this article has anything to do with the massacre at VT. Note how the date the original was written was a full two semesters before the massacre? Without looking anything up I would guess that this was written in the aftermath of the escaped convict killing officers in Blacksburg.<BR/><BR/>Just saying, especially for those who feel that this is incredible horribly warped.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-50456230981265090912007-04-17T18:41:00.000-07:002007-04-17T18:41:00.000-07:00I have to say that I find it quite strange at how ...I have to say that I find it quite strange at how many people are against self-reliance, responsibility, and general self-preservation.<BR/>I understand that we as humans can choose to make decisions which negatively impact our status among the living, but from a general biological approach, many anti-gun folk in here would really just be classified as defective organisms.<BR/><BR/>Or possibly parasites, since there is some odd expectation that others are solely responsible for their well-being.<BR/><BR/>Why would anyone be against SELF-defense?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-10704551543470714732007-04-17T16:56:00.000-07:002007-04-17T16:56:00.000-07:00I doubt even the tightest gun control laws could h...I doubt even the tightest gun control laws could have stopped a guy like Cho from going on his rampage. However, the other extreme where every citizen of legal age is packin' heat doesn't seem like it would be any better.TrojanGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14344132175956899008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-64166424712073981012007-04-17T14:29:00.000-07:002007-04-17T14:29:00.000-07:00wow Robert, that's some seriously flawed logic.wow Robert, that's some seriously flawed logic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-42700327131421690652007-04-17T09:40:00.000-07:002007-04-17T09:40:00.000-07:00I guess the goal is to have as many guns per capit...I guess the goal is to have as many guns per capita as....say....Iraq??? Maybe then violence would decrease? HahaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075936377455166439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-61971566250262800052007-04-17T09:25:00.000-07:002007-04-17T09:25:00.000-07:00oh yes gun control helped me when the store that I...oh yes gun control helped me when the store that I worked at was robbed <BR/>by thugs so no thank you to tight gun control laws . let the students and staff carry as none of the fear mongering that is connected to legal carry has come true .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-16846680755473102202007-04-16T22:47:00.000-07:002007-04-16T22:47:00.000-07:00Suppose the majority of students were carrying gun...Suppose the majority of students were carrying guns. What is likely to have ensued is the same panic, which then results in a chaotic shootout whereby no-one knows who is shooting at who and the death toll ends up being much the same.<BR/><BR/>Loosen the gun restrictions?! Is it any wonder America has the highest murder rate in the world when its citizens pursue a climate of fear as partly purported by the KKK..err, NRA.<BR/><BR/>In places where the gun laws are extremely tight this sort of thing does not happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-42578052511323504492007-04-16T20:58:00.000-07:002007-04-16T20:58:00.000-07:00After the shooting tragedy, I was browsing related...After the shooting tragedy, I was browsing related blogs to piece together information on this horrible event.. what I found was sick.. I just thought I'd share it..<BR/><BR/>Someone actually pretending that this stuff was a game.. VERY sick stuff..<BR/>http://rampagesarefun.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>what a sickoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-86211571109117066762007-04-16T20:30:00.000-07:002007-04-16T20:30:00.000-07:00With toughts , positve thinking and prayer we have...With toughts , positve thinking and prayer we have the chance to change things!<BR/><BR/>The NRA has to be taken down a notch.<BR/><BR/>http://www.thebiblebanner.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-41961104663639356222007-04-16T19:03:00.000-07:002007-04-16T19:03:00.000-07:00I'm a liberal on most things, but I absolutely bel...I'm a liberal on most things, but I absolutely believe people should have the right to own and use handguns to protect themselves, their families, and their property. The idea that this lunatic was in the classroom building shooting people for fully half an hour before the police even showed up should give everyone pause. Minnesota, a supposedly liberal state, now has concealed carry-- and a good thing, too.<BR/><BR/>By the way, who posted the ignorant comment about global warming at the top of the blog?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-72168017691182831852007-04-16T16:22:00.000-07:002007-04-16T16:22:00.000-07:00It isn't a matter of how long it would take the un...It isn't a matter of how long it would take the university authorities to "lock down the campus" at all if you are the first round of victims. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, if there had been ONE legally armed citizen able to act decisively during the first instance of violence, there not only would have been no need to "lock down the campus" at all, there would be a lot more people still alive. <BR/><BR/>Those who think that the presence of firearms, carried legally by adults able to obtain the permit, will automatically result in more firearms problems are tossing around the same old straw man argument that has no validity. <BR/><BR/>They never will include the obvious, which is that FACULTY and STAFF are also prevented by the present VA Tech mandate from being legally armed, either. <BR/><BR/>Just the fact that it would be well known that there might be some armed resistance on that campus may have been enough to prevent the perp from even showing up today. It often is. <BR/><BR/><BR/>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-88620307658469416472007-04-16T16:04:00.000-07:002007-04-16T16:04:00.000-07:00i am so sad about what happened at virginia tech.....i am so sad about what happened at virginia tech... how can we stop this? but college kids being able to have handguns? where does it stop?? that cant be the answer here... but i agree.. it doesnt seem that we can entrust our safety to the police ..shame of virginia tech for not locking down the campus after the first shooting... this is a serious issue that needs to be addressed.. how did they ever think that the shooting in the dorm was an isoloated incident... what ever happended to safety first??? protecting our kides???31 college kids that will never know a future...or their dreams... how pathetic..and sad... my heart goes out to everyone..<BR/><BR/><BR/>doug bennett. framingham, MA....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-89383382650199776832007-04-16T14:57:00.000-07:002007-04-16T14:57:00.000-07:00Virginia Tech's policy of forbidding handguns cert...Virginia Tech's policy of forbidding handguns certainly didn't do any good in protecting its students today.<BR/><BR/>If some of the victims killed by the mad man had been carrying a gun, perhaps he would have been killed before he killed others.doctormarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15937937679195020731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-51994910490322846602007-04-16T13:46:00.000-07:002007-04-16T13:46:00.000-07:00> How is more students carrying concealed weapons ...> How is more students carrying concealed weapons <BR/>> the solution to a massacre inflicted by someone <BR/>> with a gun going after unarmed students?<BR/><BR/>To belabour the obvious, the more armed students,<BR/>the fewer unarmed students: fewer targets.<BR/>Plus armed students might shoot back rather<BR/>than line up against a wall.<BR/><BR/>> I will never ever concur that more guns could <BR/>> have prevented a tragedy like this.<BR/><BR/>If that's an article of faith, so be it.<BR/>But thinking literally, of course it *could<BR/>have* prevented it, if circumstances were<BR/>fortunate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-12105475743365331432007-04-16T13:36:00.000-07:002007-04-16T13:36:00.000-07:00I think that is incredibly horribly warped. How is...I think that is incredibly horribly warped. How is more students carrying concealed weapons the solution to a massacre inflicted by someone with a gun going after unarmed students? <BR/><BR/>My thoughts and prayers are with the students at Virginia Tech, but I will never ever concur that more guns could have prevented a tragedy like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17068888.post-47653478121607851872007-04-16T13:17:00.000-07:002007-04-16T13:17:00.000-07:00i hate to say it, because i believe being a law-ab...i hate to say it, because i believe being a law-abiding citizen, but since i'm also a great believer in the founding of this country - that i DO carry in many locations otherwise banned for strange and political reasons.<BR/><BR/>I prefer to be very careful about concealment, and ask forgiveness in the face legal jeopardy, rather than place my life in the hands of any street thug who wishes to take my life into their hands where it most definitely does not belong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com