Apr 17 2007
A legal concealed firearm might have saved lives at Virginia Tech
We by now have all heard of the horrifying mass shooting at Virginia Tech today. It is a terrible tragedy and I can’t imagine what the families of the victims are going through. I pray that they will find a way to cope with their losses and that a tragedy like this never happens again.
I heard something on the radio about a ban on concealed weapons at Virginia Tech so I did a search and found this article on Roanoke.com: http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/xp-21770
I have always believed that in the event of a shooting spree, lives may be saved if a potential victim or witness happens to be carrying a gun. Today, with the death toll at 33, including the killer, I am wondering if that number might have been considerably lower if the ban were not in place. This is not intended to assign blame on the University, but to provoke thought on possible ways to protect potential victims of violent crime.
Think about the killer. He was not a law abiding citizen, as today’s actions proved. The ban and laws that prohibit carrying concealed weapons only affect law abiding citizens! Such bans and laws make it easier for this type of slaughter to occur by ensuring that potential victims remain unarmed.
I fail to see the logic in these rules that protect and in a way encourage the criminal.
