It's Not About The Firearms
04.17.2007 Bob Cesca
So what causes a maniac to murder 30 people in cold blood? It can't possibly be about the 9mm handguns, in the same way terrorism isn't about access to beverage containers.
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FROM THE COMMENTS:
Virigina Tech student "Tim" has made some outstanding points:
It is not about guns. The deaths of over 30 students and faculty of Virginia Tech should not be blamed on two guns. Guns do not kill people, people kill. We choose the debate of gun control at this time, because there are no other times in which it is as appropriate. I question the thought process of those who state that this would have been less of a problem if more people carried guns - if only one of the students sitting in one of those classrooms could have reached into his or her bag to pull out a handgun to end the situation sooner.
We give names to people like the shooter at Virginia Tech - Monsters, Maniacs, Evil-doers. Before they were given those names, we gave them the names of son, neighbor, friend, and fellow student. In order to explain why one of us would do something like this, we must first expel the person from the village and label him an outsider.
When people talk of the need to bear arms in order for protection, they speak of incidents of unknown assailants in the home or down a dark alley. They speak of the hidden maniacs and monsters amongst us. They never speak of the person sitting next to them at work, at home, or in the classroom that has been emotionally been pushed beyond reason, because then it becomes a son, neighbor, friend, fellow student, or yourself.
In a society of concealed handguns, the dark alleys do not concern me as much as the emotions of myself and my fellow man who in the moments of irrationality can cause unknown horror.
Tim Virginia Tech Student
So what causes a maniac to murder 30 people in cold blood? It can't possibly be about the 9mm handguns, in the same way terrorism isn't about access to beverage containers.
READ POST
FROM THE COMMENTS:
Virigina Tech student "Tim" has made some outstanding points:
It is not about guns. The deaths of over 30 students and faculty of Virginia Tech should not be blamed on two guns. Guns do not kill people, people kill. We choose the debate of gun control at this time, because there are no other times in which it is as appropriate. I question the thought process of those who state that this would have been less of a problem if more people carried guns - if only one of the students sitting in one of those classrooms could have reached into his or her bag to pull out a handgun to end the situation sooner.
We give names to people like the shooter at Virginia Tech - Monsters, Maniacs, Evil-doers. Before they were given those names, we gave them the names of son, neighbor, friend, and fellow student. In order to explain why one of us would do something like this, we must first expel the person from the village and label him an outsider.
When people talk of the need to bear arms in order for protection, they speak of incidents of unknown assailants in the home or down a dark alley. They speak of the hidden maniacs and monsters amongst us. They never speak of the person sitting next to them at work, at home, or in the classroom that has been emotionally been pushed beyond reason, because then it becomes a son, neighbor, friend, fellow student, or yourself.
In a society of concealed handguns, the dark alleys do not concern me as much as the emotions of myself and my fellow man who in the moments of irrationality can cause unknown horror.
Tim Virginia Tech Student
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