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RE: Outrageous
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Anyways, now you're saying that it is the fault of the restriction on campus to carry a gun that this happened? Excuse me? Since when is taking law in your own hands been a solution for anything?
First of all, self defense is not "taking law into your own hands".  It is taking responsibility for protecting your own life and lives of others, and it is sometimes the only solution.  When someone comes into your classroom and opens fire, you know police won't get there fast enough -- you are on your own.

Argument against "taking law into your own hands" would apply where the perpetrator is not a clear and present threat to yourself and others.  It doesn't apply here.  Everyone at Virginia Tech would have been better off if an armed student or staff member had shot the psycho after he killed the first one or two people. 

By the way, the perpetrator of another school shooting was stopped by armed students.  Although it seems at that point he was trying to leave, there could very well have been additional victims if someone got in his way.
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
...anyone can buy guns (and even semi-automatic weapons) without any background check or license or whatever!
This is not true.  A background check is performed when you buy a gun and was performed here.  He had no criminal record, so he was allowed to purchase the guns.

Furthermore, a license is required to carry a concealed weapon in public.  The review process for that license is more extensive and penalties for carry without having one are quite severe.
04-18-2007 03:45 PM
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Outrageous - by Lou on 04-16-2007 at 11:20 PM
RE: Outrageous - by andrewdodd13 on 04-16-2007 at 11:25 PM
RE: Outrageous - by duck! on 04-16-2007 at 11:39 PM
RE: Outrageous - by Rolando on 04-17-2007 at 12:59 AM
RE: Outrageous - by prashker on 04-17-2007 at 01:05 AM
RE: Outrageous - by Nagamasa on 04-17-2007 at 01:57 AM
RE: Outrageous - by linx05 on 04-17-2007 at 02:07 AM
RE: Outrageous - by Voldemort on 04-17-2007 at 02:36 AM
RE: Outrageous - by Adeptus on 04-17-2007 at 04:50 AM
RE: Outrageous - by Oxy on 04-17-2007 at 12:04 PM
RE: Outrageous - by vaccination on 04-17-2007 at 12:08 PM
RE: Outrageous - by FrozenDaggers on 04-17-2007 at 02:01 PM
RE: RE: Outrageous - by CookieRevised on 04-18-2007 at 05:51 AM
RE: Outrageous - by vaccination on 04-17-2007 at 02:21 PM
RE: Outrageous - by Joe on 04-17-2007 at 03:25 PM
RE: Outrageous - by Lourix on 04-17-2007 at 03:34 PM
RE: Outrageous - by lrac522 on 04-17-2007 at 03:41 PM
RE: Outrageous - by Weyzza on 04-17-2007 at 03:42 PM
RE: Outrageous - by Lourix on 04-17-2007 at 03:48 PM
RE: Outrageous - by Vimto on 04-17-2007 at 04:04 PM
RE: Outrageous - by Adeptus on 04-17-2007 at 04:11 PM
RE: Outrageous - by marissa on 04-17-2007 at 05:03 PM
RE: Outrageous - by Lou on 04-18-2007 at 01:07 AM
RE: Outrageous - by qgroessl on 04-18-2007 at 02:07 AM
RE: Outrageous - by linx05 on 04-18-2007 at 03:59 AM
RE: RE: Outrageous - by High Speed Chaser on 04-18-2007 at 06:55 AM
RE: RE: RE: Outrageous - by Discrate on 04-18-2007 at 07:47 AM
RE: Outrageous - by Omar on 04-18-2007 at 08:32 AM
RE: RE: Outrageous - by CookieRevised on 04-18-2007 at 01:12 PM
RE: Outrageous - by Joe on 04-18-2007 at 02:06 PM
RE: RE: Outrageous - by CookieRevised on 04-18-2007 at 03:08 PM
RE: Outrageous - by absorbation on 04-18-2007 at 03:15 PM
RE: Outrageous - by vaccination on 04-18-2007 at 03:16 PM
RE: Outrageous - by Adeptus on 04-18-2007 at 03:45 PM
RE: Outrageous - by ipab on 04-18-2007 at 04:02 PM
RE: Outrageous - by absorbation on 04-18-2007 at 08:14 PM
RE: Outrageous - by Joe on 04-19-2007 at 12:25 AM
RE: Outrageous - by nightwolf07 on 04-20-2007 at 09:48 AM


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