[GGCoolPeopleTalk] Slain Israeli Professor Saved Others in Va. Tech Massacre

[nick at THECOMPLETESHEET.COM]

I do stand corrected about this latest nutcase.  He had some psychological problems I wasn't aware of when I made my original post.

But by the same token, he was deemed to be not a threat to anyone else.

And you'd never get away with denying the Second Amendment rights of anyone who's been clinically deemed not dangerous.  Lawsuit, lawsuit, lawsuit.

The unscientific basis for my position is the fact that you just never see stories with the headline "armed man stops crime".

I remember an episode of "All in the Family" where Archie got to do an opinion piece on the evening news.  His solution to airline hijackings was to "arm all the passengers".

It was supposed to be a joke, obviously, but there are still people who think that way.


--Nick




>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>From:	       M Holmes <fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK>
>To:	       BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
>Sent: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:03:35
>
>nick at THECOMPLETESHEET.COM writes:
>
>> I almost wish they'd arm everyone, just so the
>people who think
>> everybody SHOULD be armed could see what a dumb
>idea that would be. 
>
>> "No, we'd only arm law-abiding citizens".  Yeah,
>like the Virginia
>> Tech gunman was.  .	.  before he killed 32
>people. 
>
>Hey Ref! If I'm to keep quiet then the other side
>should keep quiet
>too...
>
>Short answer: those of us who think law-abiding
>adults have a duty
>to arm themselves to protect themselves and others
>and stop crime do
>believe that those with a medical history of bats
>in the belfry should
>be refused legal firearms.
>
>See the NY Times article analysing the 102 US
>rampage kilers since the
>war. All had either mental history or a history of
>making public and
>violent threats.
>
>FoFP