Tuesday, June 12, 2007
House set to pass post-Virginia Tech gun bill
Okay, who didn't see this one coming from a mile away?
After the Virginia Tech shootings, it was inevitable that the Virginia legislature and/or the US Congress was going to use this as an excuse to push through a piece of useless legislation. At least, it is useless in terms of actually preventing something like this happen again.
First, if a person wants a gun bad enough, they are going to get a gun. There are too many ways to acquire one outside of the normal means. Thereby negating any waiting period or background check.
The end all, be all is that the Virginia Tech campus is, by state law, a "gun-free" zone. What does that mean? It is illegal to have a gun of any kind on the campus ever. No guns at anytime. Got it? It is against the law. This is the definition of the phrase "zero tolerance".
Now, how can you get more restrictive than that?
There are 32 corpses that can attest to the fact that the legislation responsible for that case of "zero tolerance" being, particularly, ineffective.
On the other hand, if there had been an armed security guard; an ROTC student/instructor with access to an M16 rifle, or M9 pistol; or, even, your garden variety Virgina redneck with a hunting rifle or shotgun in the gun rack in the back window of his pickup; then, maybe, there wouldn't be as many victims to mourn.
After the Virginia Tech shootings, it was inevitable that the Virginia legislature and/or the US Congress was going to use this as an excuse to push through a piece of useless legislation. At least, it is useless in terms of actually preventing something like this happen again.
First, if a person wants a gun bad enough, they are going to get a gun. There are too many ways to acquire one outside of the normal means. Thereby negating any waiting period or background check.
The end all, be all is that the Virginia Tech campus is, by state law, a "gun-free" zone. What does that mean? It is illegal to have a gun of any kind on the campus ever. No guns at anytime. Got it? It is against the law. This is the definition of the phrase "zero tolerance".
Now, how can you get more restrictive than that?
There are 32 corpses that can attest to the fact that the legislation responsible for that case of "zero tolerance" being, particularly, ineffective.
On the other hand, if there had been an armed security guard; an ROTC student/instructor with access to an M16 rifle, or M9 pistol; or, even, your garden variety Virgina redneck with a hunting rifle or shotgun in the gun rack in the back window of his pickup; then, maybe, there wouldn't be as many victims to mourn.
