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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/6561335.stmNew is sketchy on this so far but television is reporting that the death toll is now up to 31! Jim
The 2nd Amendment IS an unalienable right.
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I think that is an unappropiate title. I think that ALL thoughts and prayers should be for the victims and their families and not on how the fallout may effect anyone else.
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This is a firearms forum and this will certainly be a firearms issue. No one here want's to see anyone harmed with a firearm and I for one have a great deal of sympathy for the families who lost members due to this insane violence.
However; You can bet your last dollar in assuming that as I type this the antis are discussing the best ways to capitalize on this horrific incident. My understanding is that these shootings were committed with two handguns from the sketchy information available at this time. Even If that's the case don't assume your shotguns will be safe from all types of restrictive legislative proposals.
Jim
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The 2nd Amendment IS an unalienable right.
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It is a sad statement of the times that on every gun board everyone is asking "what does this mean to me and my guns?" It seems a lot more plausible to wonder what we can do to help - which may not be much at this point, but better to worry about the families, the other students and members of VTU than to worry about the next 2nd ammendment battle.
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The sad statement of the times is the regular drumbeat of mass murders.
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It is a sad statement of the times that on every gun board everyone is asking "what does this mean to me and my guns?" It seems a lot more plausible to wonder what we can do to help - which may not be much at this point, but better to worry about the families, the other students and members of VTU than to worry about the next 2nd ammendment battle.
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Thanks Brent, well spoken and seconded.
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Why shouldn't I worry about the future hunting, shooting and collecting - I'm just a bystander in this all.
Btw, this is the second school shooting, that the cameras showed the police to be tree-huggers. If you know what I mean?
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Everyone cares, for god's sake. As we care for killing of even more innocents every day In Baghdad or our own men and women in action: Canada lost eight soldiers in Afghanistan last week. Lowell is right. Why shouldn't we also be thinking of repercussions. The killing of 17 Montreal women engineering students gave Canada its long-gun registry. And in a later shooting in a Montreal high school, there were no police tree-huggers, no waiting to secure the premises. They learned from the previous massacre and went right in, pistols blazing.
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It is a sad statement of the times that on every gun board everyone is asking "what does this mean to me and my guns?" It seems a lot more plausible to wonder what we can do to help - which may not be much at this point, but better to worry about the families, the other students and members of VTU than to worry about the next 2nd ammendment battle.
Brent All of us care, Brent. The truth is we can't do a darn thing about it. Do you think the antigun crowd is sitting around worrying about the families, praying and wondering what they can do to help? Of course they aren't! They're planning what new do-nothing gun control laws they can stump for, in the wake of this sad event. The real truth is that bad or crazy people do bad things and will continue to do so. The other real truth is that every time a major tragedy occurs, the anti's want to pass another law to restrict ownership by people who are not the problem in the first place. Get ready for more of it.
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Jim, sadly you're so right.
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