Your'e preaching to the chior Ann. if only the gun control nuts would read your blog.

First of all, my thoughts and prayers are with those who were murdered and their families. May their souls and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.

The politicization of this tragedy took less time than Hillary takes to decide whether to wear a pantsuit or a dress. The bodies were still warm when the police chief was asked at the first press briefing if stricter gun control could have prevented this. (It was also asked if the shooter was black or white and they seemed to be disappointed when it was learned that the murderer was Asian.) Brian Williams asked the president, after his appearance at the school, the same question and to his credit, W deftly deflected the question stating that this was not the time for that.

But one need not be a rocket scientist to peel away a few layers of the onion go get to the core of the problem.

The left with their hate and/or distain for some of the more popular Amendments to the Constitution have been trying for years to have guns taken out of the hands of Americans. The fact that the killer obtained his gun legally is of no consequence to the left and perhaps it may have been better had he not. It is not guns that kill people; it is people who kill people. People who kill people will secure the guns that they want regardless of legislation prohibiting gun ownership. Think not? Take a look at drugs. They are illegal yet the streets are rife with illegal drugs.

No, the problem here is, and is exacerbated by, the left.

Ann states clearly that is there had been more, even one or two, guns between the murderer and his victims the body count would have been lower. No doubt about it. The prohibition by the liberals to curtail our Constitutionally guaranteed right to bear arms was in large part a contributing factor to the killings.

So, faced with the fact that their actions were responsible for the large number of lives lost, the liberals immediately blame… drum roll, please… someone else!

More guns would have diminished the scope of this tragedy, perhaps even prevented it. As that makes perfect sense to us, it is lost on the liberals.

They are the ones who say gun control saves lives, abortion saves women’s lives, surrender in Iraq is their victory. Up is down and left is right.

At least they haven’t blamed the president for this tragedy.

Yet.

God Bless, God Speed and God give rest to their souls.

John

Ann if we refer to this kid as a "mass" murderer, what in heaven's name do we call a Stalin, Hitler Ghengis Khan, PolPot, or Castro?

John...Very well put.. You always say what's exactly on my mind. Thank you! Ann, you always have a way with words, and I love it!

Tanya

Here we go again--we now have to listen to the liberals rant about the need for gun control as a result of this incident.

To counter their illogical rants I point to the wisdom of Larry the Cable Guy on this topic: If guns kill people does that mean I can blame spelling errors on my pen or pencil?

Guns don't kill people, people kill people. Cho was clearly a wing-nut who was hell bent on his "quest" and would have succeeded with or without gun control.

The public has change their mind about pilots carrying guns on planes so maybe they will change their minds about gun free zones being perfect place this for those with guns and gun down people. I for one believe that had there been a few professors and some other students who had the right to carry firearms and were carrying firearms, the death toll would have been a lot less because somebody would've taken this guy out. I for one cannot stay and the liberal left kooks who was whining about needing more gun control when that has proven time and time again to be the very opposite thing that needs to be done. In every state in municipality where they have enacted the right to carry laws that crime rates have gone down because the thugs and the killer is realize that the local citizenry might be packing heat and they might get shot back at. I just can't help but feel great sorrow and grief for all of the families of the victims of this crazy evil filled individual. Reverend Franklin Graham was right when he said that Satan was responsible for this evil and he acted through this individual named Cho. I agree with Reverend Graham and believe that every time there is a mass shooting, Satan's fingerprints are all over it and all he is looking for is willing subjects who will turn off their conscience and give in to the evil that unfortunately is in all of us. My condolences and prayers go out to the families of the victims and those wounded and of the killer's parents. My scorn is reserved for NBC for playing the videos of Cho more times than he has shot people. Shame on NBC and anyone else who keeps blasting pictures and video of this murderer.

The murders at Virginia Tech were horribly tragic and my heart goes out to the families and friends of the victims. When I heard what happened, I immediately thought it could have had a much better outcome if only another student, teacher or other staff member had a gun.

I knew that the DemocRats would come out in full force calling for stricter gun control or the ban of all handguns. And they never fail to disappoint me. It brought back memories of my NRA card carrying father's bumper stickers. The one that was sweet and to the point was "When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns." This tragedy proves that point beyond a shadow of a doubt. A gun-toting maniac cared nothing about the "gun free" zone on campus.

I guess lieberals forget there are much more effective ways to kill 32 people that are just as horrendous. Like starting a fire and locking the doors or running down a crowd of pedestrians with a car. But are the DemocRats ready to ban all matches and lighters and motor vehicles? I have yet to hear one DemocRat throw that one on the table.

And if I have to hear that idiot compare himself to Jesus Christ one more time by the lieberal media, I am going to puke. Do I hear anyone saying what an absolute outrage that comment was and how insulting it is to Christians? Oh that's right, Christians are free game...sorry, my bad. But somehow I think God will get the last laugh in the end.

Ann: You said above, "Perhaps there should be signs". I remember one murder scene several years past in an Atlanta "affordable" housing neighborhood where a drug deal gone wrong resulted in the murder of 2 or 3 persons including the family pet who was probably barking and would have awakened the neighbors. As our great Liberal WSB-TV was interviewing a neighbor after the discovery of the bodies that next morning, a government posted "GUN-FREE ZONE" sign was prominently in the background shot of the video report from the location. I'm positive the Irony of it was lost upon the TV journalist and the interviewee.

ESQ, et al:

The Liberals are irony proof as exemplified by the “Gun Free Zone” sign in Atlanta.

I posit the following: There is an attack in progress, you have two choices. The first is that you can take out your personal protection device and unleash a few rounds into the 10-Spot OR take out your personal guarantee that you are in a “Gun Free Zone” and wave it in the face of the attacker.

What would you do?

Perhaps Henry Reid might have been a bit less Anti-American and rather than announcing from the well of the Senate that Iraq was a lost cause that he simply just make it a “gun-free zone.”

God Bless and God Speed
John

PS: “affordable housing”, cute metaphor.

ESQ, et al:

The Liberals are irony proof as exemplified by the “Gun Free Zone” sign in Atlanta.

I posit the following: There is an attack in progress, you have two choices. The first is that you can take out your personal protection device and unleash a few rounds into the 10-Spot OR take out your personal guarantee that you are in a “Gun Free Zone” and wave it in the face of the attacker.

What would you do?

Perhaps Henry Reid might have been a bit less Anti-American and rather than announcing from the well of the Senate that Iraq was a lost cause that he simply just make it a “gun-free zone.”

God Bless and God Speed
John

PS: “affordable housing”, cute metaphor.

I carry, concealed- YES concealed, on my person, my individual protection device. a 1.5X3cm laminated "GUN-FREE ZONE" card. I am invincible and unassailable. BEWARE- If a Gun tries to threaten or assault me IT will be litigated to the full extent of the Law.

Ann makes a good point. Just one guy with a gun besides the shooter might've saved a lot of lives.

Here's what got my attention. The shooter's words sounded like rap. His pictures looked like a rap CD cover. His choice of gun: Glock.

Rapper Dr Dre says, "cock my Glock and pop till you drop.

Rapper 50 cent says, "cock my Glock and stain the block."

I believe this is not an isolated thing. In the 50s and 60s nobody could even imagine something like this. But now, this stuff is on kids' minds. It's carved its niche: earned an informal definition, muscled its way into new perceptions of what it means to be young in the US.

So I believe it's going to happen again, and it's going to get worse.

As smart as you are beautifull Ann.

Once again you said what I was thinking. But, to add to what you said, where was the brave individuals to stop this sick thug? Where was the John Wayne or Ronald Regan fighting the odds against this idiot with a bunch of guns? Heck, I would have settled for Bruce Willis in the Die Hard trilogy. But instead we had a bunch of cowardly lemmings who sat there and allowed their classmates adn themselves to be shot.

“You won’t get gun control by disarming law-abiding citizens. There’s only one way to get real gun control: Disarm the thugs and the criminals, lock them up and if you don’t actually throw away the key, at least lose it for a long time... It’s a nasty truth, but those who seek to inflict harm are not fazed by gun controllers. I happen to know this from personal experience.” —Ronald Reagan in 1983

Great Column, Anne.

"Unknown to the Wicked Witch, the squirt gun was loaded."

Insanely, when the monster arrived at Virginia Tech, the benevolent authorities had already laid the groundwork for his mission.

It's not an issue of gun control but of nut control. We need as a society to focus on what the hell makes these people do the things they do. It all has to do with money, status, matierial possessions. Nobody pays attention to self-worth anymore. It is human nature to feel all the things that asshole did to some degree. However those feelings continued to fester until it overtook his spirit.

There needs to be a spiritual revolution. We need to rebel against organized religion. It only creates hysteria and frenzy. Just because good 'ol Chaz and his family go to church on sundays it will not keep him from having a clean spirit when the next day he continues to be an asshole along with his rich prissy friends.

Gangs, rape, and these serious crimes are just a result of an unhappy spirit. Whether it was due to abuse, poverty, substance abuse, whatever.

I'm sure this killer's parents worked way too much and although they did it with the inention of providing for his family, that is a shitty way to show you love. Families are so caught up with work and credit, and bills, that they forget to take their kids to the park. Or take your hunny for a stroll around the block.

These days money is just a figure on a computer. Let's give the richest guys 500 times what they're worth and let's plump up all our pockets.

Nobody likes to clean toilets. Let's pay janitors 20 or 30 bucks an hour. Let people be proud of the work they do instead of killing themselves for piddly.

I know it was a bit of a rant, but it's not the gun that loads itself and floats around shooting. Let's keep these lost spirits from pulling the fuckin' trigger.

Jak! I wish I could take credit for the "affordable housing" metaphor, but it comes straight out of the greater Atlanta area Liberal lexicon. It is a noun meaning government managed neighnorhood of low-rent, gun-free, drug-saturated, gang-infested, slum-ghetto apartments. I.E. The Plantation.

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