Why does a different point of view make one a "gunslinger"? :damn: I will protect me and mine. That's my right. You can rollover and play dead, that's your right. In the end I will stand a better chance of having coffee in the morning than you will having your tea.

Seems someone likes their victim status and would be willing to die over it. There is a term for this - some sort of phycological abnormality - I will find it.

-S

Thing is, most of the talk about shooting home intruders is pretty theoretical. Although it certainly gets a lot of news coverage, crime like that is pretty rare. The last thing anyone wants to do is kill someone, but if there is an intruder who is crazy enough to break into someone's house, and try to steal the property you worked for, that guy is dangerous. I would be worried for my family's safety.

i dont think gangs are it the american way of life thats the biggest threat to america get rid of the weapons that are used in this

sad that the US goverment will do nothing about the easy access to firearms in the US its time for change ban the guns i know the arguements for and against but for those who are for guns they generally are untill thier brother sister or son or daughter is killed by the 300million plus hand guns and god knows how many rifles and assault weapons ban them all get rid of this culture people think terroism is the biggest threat to the US but in fact its your way of life that is the threat

I am predicting that the counter-argument to this will be "but, we need more armed students to deter things like this from happening again!" Me, I've come to accept guns in America as a chicken/egg dilemma. Do you have lots of crime because of the guns? Or do you have lots of guns because of the crime?

But I am sorry to hear about the events today. My step-mom is a VT grad, and although cases like this leave a lasting imprint, if I have learned anything from her it's the strength of the Hokie spirit.

Sad.

If more people were armed though, this guy would have been dropped before he could do this kind of damage.

Must be slipping it only took 7 posts to begin the anti-gun/ ban them all/ diatribe. Perhaps alcohol needs to be banned. Drunk drivers kill more per year than hand guns and "assault rifles".

america couldnt get more armed if it tried or were you being sarcastic

and one wrong makes the other wrong more right? listen to yourself the gun companies can make firearms safer the technology is thier to do it untill this ugly preventable thing happens to you and your close family you will content yourself to be an ostritch and bury your head in the sand

i would wager that this guy had never committed a crime in his life up to this point then when he snapped he had access to the weapons to kill 21 people anyone want to bet


do you see my point the criminals have always had access to them its when some person goes haywire(mental) which is totally unpredictable the ease at which powerfull weapons can be obtained

Not many are armed in that side of the country. Anyway, the problem is, you cannot carry a concealed pistol onto a school campus, so that is where these crazies go - a place where they will not be fired back upon. Ever notice that? Sounds premeditated to me just with the location selection.

-S

PS. Yes you can be more armed - try Canada. More private guns in Canada than the US last I heard.

PPS. With so many dead, I am guessing he used a shotgun loaded with buckshot.

ref canada whats thier gun crime like nowhere near USA gun crime levels is their own way of life thats a threat

Dunno - that is if I understand your statement. I think much much less.

sorry my meaning is that you gun culture is the biggest threat to you own nation in fact it the biggest threat you have ever faced and its your own culture thats nurturing it