So-called 'gun-free zones' never protect the innocent

Thursday night's mass shooting at a multiplex movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, left 12 people dead and another 59 injured.

The gunman, James Holmes, 24, reportedly used a semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun and a pistol as he walked up and down the packed aisles, stopping to reload and picking off frightened patrons as they attempted to flee.

One of those inside the theater, Jennifer Seeger, told the Associated Press: "He would reload and shoot and anyone who would try to leave would just get killed."

Holmes was apparently prepared to kill many more, as police have reported the shooter was carrying 6,000 rounds of ammunition.

While every aspect on the alleged shooter's life will be analyzed by the mainstream press in the days to come, the MSM will undoubtedly overlook the fact that the Century 16 movie theater had a firm policy against firearms, even for those who have concealed weapons permits.

WorldNetDaily reports that the theater's parent company, Cinemark Holdings Inc. has a strict 'gun-free' policy at all of their 459 theaters across the U.S. and Latin America.

Given this, the similarities between this and the Virginia Tech massacre are striking and a bit maddening.

The shooting spree orchestrated on April 16, 2007, by Seung Hui Cho and the incredible carnage wrought by that one man, was a tragedy that did not have to occur. Regardless of his motive or grim determination, had one or two students or teachers been armed, his murderous attack in Tech's Norris Hall could have been stopped before 32 innocent lives were lost.

In 2006, a Va. Tech student was disciplined for carrying a gun on campus, even though he possessed a concealed weapons permit. Va. Tech officials were quick to point out that their school was a "gun-free zone." That assertion has not only proven to be naive but deadly as well.

In January 2006, House Bill 1572 was introduced in the Virginia General assembly. The legislation would have allowed students who possess a concealed weapons permit to carry their guns anywhere on campus. Most schools in Virginia have policies against students and faculty carrying guns on campus, Va. Tech is of course one of those schools. Unfortunately, the bill failed to pass through the Committee on Militia, Police, and Public Safety.

Va. Tech Vice President Larry Hincker gave the following statement shortly after the aforementioned measure died in committee: "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty, and visitors feel safe on our campus."

One wonders if Mr. Hincker has the courage to sit down with every family who lost a son or daughter that spring day and explain that statement?

As much as the liberals are interested in trying to understand the painful life that supposedly leads someone to commit mass murder, they are just as uninterested in trying to understand how a well-armed citizenry can make these mass shootings a thing of the past.

-In October 1997, Mississippi teenager Luke Woodham killed his mother and then drove to Pearl High School where he killed two students and wounded seven more. Assistant Principal Joel Myrick ran a quarter of a mile to his vehicle and returned with his .45 pistol. Myrick confronted the teen aged killer and detained him while waiting for police to arrive. Woodham was attempting to leave the high school and planned to drive to the local middle school and continue his killing. Myrick's actions undoubtedly saved the lives of many children that day.

-In January 2002, a Nigerian student named Peter Odighizuwa shot and killed three people at the Appalachian School of Law in rural Virginia. His shooting spree was ended when fellow students Todd Ross and Ted Bessen went to their cars and retrieved their own guns. The pair returned and ordered Odighizuwa to drop his weapon and held him until police arrived.

-In February 2007, at a Salt Lake City mall, an armed off-duty police officer shot and killed a young Muslim named Sulejman Talovic. The officer (Ken Hammond), prevented a massacre as Talovic was found with a backpack full of ammunition, a shotgun, and a pistol. Before Officer Hammond ended the shooting spree, Talovic murdered five people.

Currently, Utah and Oregon are the only states in the union which allow teachers and staff to carry weapons in their schools. It is no coincidence that there has never been a school shooting spree unleashed in either of those states.

In 1975, handgun ownership was banned in Washington D.C. Since that time, violent criminals have basically over-taken our nation's capital. From 1976-2005, an astounding 8,278 murders were committed in that city and guns were used in nearly all of them. The lawless state which has become our nation's capital is a great example of how armed thugs will always take advantage of an unarmed populous.

In 2008, the Supreme Court heard the case of the legitimacy of the D.C. handgun ban. A majority of the Justices saw the ban as having been in direct conflict with our Constitution and the ban was overturned. Chief Justice John Roberts let everyone in the courtroom know his opinion that the ban was unreasonable when he posed the question: "What is reasonable about a total ban on possession of handguns?"

What the anti-2nd Amendment activists deem a 'gun-free zone,' is actually seen by violent criminals as a 'free-fire zone.'

The fact of the matter is that criminals are emboldened by gun control laws.

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The framers of the Constitution understood the necessity for American citizens to keep and bear arms. However, our society has been so influenced by authoritarian legislators and those on the left, that many Americans now believe that we should give up that right...Thus leaving ourselves, our homes, and even our loved-ones at the mercy of the criminals. You see, as with all laws, gun laws only affect the law-abiding.

In most states, one needs a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Once again, the only people who observe this restriction are law-abiding citizens, thus making this measure rather useless and even laughable.

Laws which prohibit law-abiding citizens from possessing and carrying firearms are certainly not lost on criminals. It is no coincidence that in the 32 years a handgun ownership ban was in place against the residents of the District of Columbia, the number of crimes to individuals (rape, robbery, murder, etc.) soared.

Criminals are keenly aware of the prospect of an armed citizen and will almost always steer clear of potential victims who may be armed.

In 1982, the town of Kennesaw, Georgia, passed an ordinance which required all heads of household to have at least one gun in the house. The burglary rate immediately dropped an astounding 89 percent. Ten years after the law was passed, the burglary rate was still 72 percent less than it was in 1981.

Of course, the need to defend one's self is not a new one. Nor is the notion of limiting the citizenry's right to do so.

Much has been said on the subject, even before guns were invented.

What follows is a small collection of what many of man's greatest minds have said on the right to possess arms:

-The Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero: “Civilized people are taught by logic, barbarians, by necessity, communities by tradition; and the lesson inculcated even in wild beasts by nature itself. They learn that they have to defend their own bodies and persons lives from violence of any and every kind by all means within their power.”

-4th President of the United States, James Madison, while criticizing the governments of Europe: which “were afraid to trust the people with arms,” argued for “the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over almost every other nation.”

-American statesmen, Richard Henry Lee: “To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.”

-Writer, George Orwell: “Rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon -- so long as there is no answer to it -- gives claws to the weak.”

-Roy Innis, National Chairman Congress of Racial Equality: “To make inexpensive guns impossible to get is to say that you're putting a money test on getting a gun. It's racism in its worst form.”

-35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy: “Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom.”

Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi: “Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.”

Even Jesus weighed in on the subject, in the Gospel of Luke (22:35-38): “When I sent you out barefoot without purse or pack, were you ever short of anything?...It is different now, whoever has a purse had better take it with him, and his pack too; and if he has no sword, let him sell his cloak to buy one.”

Since people have had the opportunity as well as the need to arm themselves, there have been those attempting to rob them of this right. It was as true in Colonial America, as it was in Hitler's Germany. In 1938, the Nazis enacted a gun-control act, which robbed not only Jews, but all citizens of the right to defend themselves.

In 1942, Adolf Hitler made the following statement: “The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so.”

Near the end of World War II, the Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto once remarked that the reason Japan never invaded the mainland of the United States was because “there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.”

Americans´ right to keep and bear arms has truly served us well.

It is also a well known fact that well armed citizens prevent crimes from occurring.

The fact is, the police cannot be everywhere at once, and if you choose NOT to arm yourself or your family, that is your decision, but make no mistake...the police will not be there to defend you, they will only be there to take a report after the tragedy has occurred.

However, remember the old adage: “It is better to be judged by twelve than carried by six!”

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The framers of the Constitution understood the necessity for American citizens to keep and bear arms. However, our society has been so influenced by authoritarian legislators and those on the left, that many Americans now believe that we should give up that right...Thus leaving ourselves, our homes, and even our loved-ones at the mercy of the criminals. You see, as with all laws, gun laws only affect the law-abiding.

In most states, one needs a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Once again, the only people who observe this restriction are law-abiding citizens, thus making this measure rather useless and even laughable.

Laws which prohibit law-abiding citizens from possessing and carrying firearms are certainly not lost on criminals. It is no coincidence that in the 32 years a handgun ownership ban was in place against the residents of the District of Columbia, the number of crimes to individuals (rape, robbery, murder, etc.) soared.

Criminals are keenly aware of the prospect of an armed citizen and will almost always steer clear of potential victims who may be armed.

In 1982, the town of Kennesaw, Georgia, passed an ordinance which required all heads of household to have at least one gun in the house. The burglary rate immediately dropped an astounding 89 percent. Ten years after the law was passed, the burglary rate was still 72 percent less than it was in 1981.

Of course, the need to defend one's self is not a new one. Nor is the notion of limiting the citizenry's right to do so.

Much has been said on the subject, even before guns were invented.

What follows is a small collection of what many of man's greatest minds have said on the right to possess arms:

-The Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero: “Civilized people are taught by logic, barbarians, by necessity, communities by tradition; and the lesson inculcated even in wild beasts by nature itself. They learn that they have to defend their own bodies and persons lives from violence of any and every kind by all means within their power.”

-4th President of the United States, James Madison, while criticizing the governments of Europe: which “were afraid to trust the people with arms,” argued for “the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over almost every other nation.”

-American statesmen, Richard Henry Lee: “To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.”

-Writer, George Orwell: “Rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon -- so long as there is no answer to it -- gives claws to the weak.”

-Roy Innis, National Chairman Congress of Racial Equality: “To make inexpensive guns impossible to get is to say that you're putting a money test on getting a gun. It's racism in its worst form.”

-35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy: “Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom.”

Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi: “Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.”

Even Jesus weighed in on the subject, in the Gospel of Luke (22:35-38): “When I sent you out barefoot without purse or pack, were you ever short of anything?...It is different now, whoever has a purse had better take it with him, and his pack too; and if he has no sword, let him sell his cloak to buy one.”

Since people have had the opportunity as well as the need to arm themselves, there have been those attempting to rob them of this right. It was as true in Colonial America, as it was in Hitler's Germany. In 1938, the Nazis enacted a gun-control act, which robbed not only Jews, but all citizens of the right to defend themselves.

In 1942, Adolf Hitler made the following statement: “The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so.”

Near the end of World War II, the Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto once remarked that the reason Japan never invaded the mainland of the United States was because “there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.”

Americans´ right to keep and bear arms has truly served us well.

It is also a well known fact that well armed citizens prevent crimes from occurring.

The fact is, the police cannot be everywhere at once, and if you choose NOT to arm yourself or your family, that is your decision, but make no mistake...the police will not be there to defend you, they will only be there to take a report after the tragedy has occurred.

However, remember the old adage: “It is better to be judged by twelve than carried by six!”

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Thursday night's mass shooting at a multiplex movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, left 12 people dead and another 59 injured.

The gunman, James Holmes, 24, reportedly used a semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun and a pistol as he walked up and down the packed aisles, stopping to reload and picking off frightened patrons as they attempted to flee.

One of those inside the theater, Jennifer Seeger, told the Associated Press: "He would reload and shoot and anyone who would try to leave would just get killed."

Holmes was apparently prepared to kill many more, as police have reported the shooter was carrying 6,000 rounds of ammunition.

While every aspect on the alleged shooter's life will be analyzed by the mainstream press in the days to come, the MSM will undoubtedly overlook the fact that the Century 16 movie theater had a firm policy against firearms, even for those who have concealed weapons permits.

WorldNetDaily reports that the theater's parent company, Cinemark Holdings Inc. has a strict 'gun-free' policy at all of their 459 theaters across the U.S. and Latin America.

Given this, the similarities between this and the Virginia Tech massacre are striking and a bit maddening.

The shooting spree orchestrated on April 16, 2007, by Seung Hui Cho and the incredible carnage wrought by that one man, was a tragedy that did not have to occur. Regardless of his motive or grim determination, had one or two students or teachers been armed, his murderous attack in Tech's Norris Hall could have been stopped before 32 innocent lives were lost.

In 2006, a Va. Tech student was disciplined for carrying a gun on campus, even though he possessed a concealed weapons permit. Va. Tech officials were quick to point out that their school was a "gun-free zone." That assertion has not only proven to be naive but deadly as well.

In January 2006, House Bill 1572 was introduced in the Virginia General assembly. The legislation would have allowed students who possess a concealed weapons permit to carry their guns anywhere on campus. Most schools in Virginia have policies against students and faculty carrying guns on campus, Va. Tech is of course one of those schools. Unfortunately, the bill failed to pass through the Committee on Militia, Police, and Public Safety.

Va. Tech Vice President Larry Hincker gave the following statement shortly after the aforementioned measure died in committee: "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty, and visitors feel safe on our campus."

One wonders if Mr. Hincker has the courage to sit down with every family who lost a son or daughter that spring day and explain that statement?

As much as the liberals are interested in trying to understand the painful life that supposedly leads someone to commit mass murder, they are just as uninterested in trying to understand how a well-armed citizenry can make these mass shootings a thing of the past.

-In October 1997, Mississippi teenager Luke Woodham killed his mother and then drove to Pearl High School where he killed two students and wounded seven more. Assistant Principal Joel Myrick ran a quarter of a mile to his vehicle and returned with his .45 pistol. Myrick confronted the teen aged killer and detained him while waiting for police to arrive. Woodham was attempting to leave the high school and planned to drive to the local middle school and continue his killing. Myrick's actions undoubtedly saved the lives of many children that day.

-In January 2002, a Nigerian student named Peter Odighizuwa shot and killed three people at the Appalachian School of Law in rural Virginia. His shooting spree was ended when fellow students Todd Ross and Ted Bessen went to their cars and retrieved their own guns. The pair returned and ordered Odighizuwa to drop his weapon and held him until police arrived.

-In February 2007, at a Salt Lake City mall, an armed off-duty police officer shot and killed a young Muslim named Sulejman Talovic. The officer (Ken Hammond), prevented a massacre as Talovic was found with a backpack full of ammunition, a shotgun, and a pistol. Before Officer Hammond ended the shooting spree, Talovic murdered five people.

Currently, Utah and Oregon are the only states in the union which allow teachers and staff to carry weapons in their schools. It is no coincidence that there has never been a school shooting spree unleashed in either of those states.

In 1975, handgun ownership was banned in Washington D.C. Since that time, violent criminals have basically over-taken our nation's capital. From 1976-2005, an astounding 8,278 murders were committed in that city and guns were used in nearly all of them. The lawless state which has become our nation's capital is a great example of how armed thugs will always take advantage of an unarmed populous.

In 2008, the Supreme Court heard the case of the legitimacy of the D.C. handgun ban. A majority of the Justices saw the ban as having been in direct conflict with our Constitution and the ban was overturned. Chief Justice John Roberts let everyone in the courtroom know his opinion that the ban was unreasonable when he posed the question: "What is reasonable about a total ban on possession of handguns?"

What the anti-2nd Amendment activists deem a 'gun-free zone,' is actually seen by violent criminals as a 'free-fire zone.'

The fact of the matter is that criminals are emboldened by gun control laws.

The old adage always holds true..."laws are only for the law-abiding."

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The framers of the Constitution understood the necessity for American citizens to keep and bear arms. However, our society has been so influenced by authoritarian legislators and those on the left, that many Americans now believe that we should give up that right...Thus leaving ourselves, our homes, and even our loved-ones at the mercy of the criminals. You see, as with all laws, gun laws only affect the law-abiding.

In most states, one needs a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Once again, the only people who observe this restriction are law-abiding citizens, thus making this measure rather useless and even laughable.

Laws which prohibit law-abiding citizens from possessing and carrying firearms are certainly not lost on criminals. It is no coincidence that in the 32 years a handgun ownership ban was in place against the residents of the District of Columbia, the number of crimes to individuals (rape, robbery, murder, etc.) soared.

Criminals are keenly aware of the prospect of an armed citizen and will almost always steer clear of potential victims who may be armed.

In 1982, the town of Kennesaw, Georgia, passed an ordinance which required all heads of household to have at least one gun in the house. The burglary rate immediately dropped an astounding 89 percent. Ten years after the law was passed, the burglary rate was still 72 percent less than it was in 1981.

Of course, the need to defend one's self is not a new one. Nor is the notion of limiting the citizenry's right to do so.

Much has been said on the subject, even before guns were invented.

What follows is a small collection of what many of man's greatest minds have said on the right to possess arms:

-The Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero: “Civilized people are taught by logic, barbarians, by necessity, communities by tradition; and the lesson inculcated even in wild beasts by nature itself. They learn that they have to defend their own bodies and persons lives from violence of any and every kind by all means within their power.”

-4th President of the United States, James Madison, while criticizing the governments of Europe: which “were afraid to trust the people with arms,” argued for “the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over almost every other nation.”

-American statesmen, Richard Henry Lee: “To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.”

-Writer, George Orwell: “Rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon -- so long as there is no answer to it -- gives claws to the weak.”

-Roy Innis, National Chairman Congress of Racial Equality: “To make inexpensive guns impossible to get is to say that you're putting a money test on getting a gun. It's racism in its worst form.”

-35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy: “Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom.”

Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi: “Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.”

Even Jesus weighed in on the subject, in the Gospel of Luke (22:35-38): “When I sent you out barefoot without purse or pack, were you ever short of anything?...It is different now, whoever has a purse had better take it with him, and his pack too; and if he has no sword, let him sell his cloak to buy one.”

Since people have had the opportunity as well as the need to arm themselves, there have been those attempting to rob them of this right. It was as true in Colonial America, as it was in Hitler's Germany. In 1938, the Nazis enacted a gun-control act, which robbed not only Jews, but all citizens of the right to defend themselves.

In 1942, Adolf Hitler made the following statement: “The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so.”

Near the end of World War II, the Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto once remarked that the reason Japan never invaded the mainland of the United States was because “there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.”

Americans´ right to keep and bear arms has truly served us well.

It is also a well known fact that well armed citizens prevent crimes from occurring.

The fact is, the police cannot be everywhere at once, and if you choose NOT to arm yourself or your family, that is your decision, but make no mistake...the police will not be there to defend you, they will only be there to take a report after the tragedy has occurred.

However, remember the old adage: “It is better to be judged by twelve than carried by six!”

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Thursday night's mass shooting at a multiplex movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, left 12 people dead and another 59 injured.

The gunman, James Holmes, 24, reportedly used a semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun and a pistol as he walked up and down the packed aisles, stopping to reload and picking off frightened patrons as they attempted to flee.

One of those inside the theater, Jennifer Seeger, told the Associated Press: "He would reload and shoot and anyone who would try to leave would just get killed."

Holmes was apparently prepared to kill many more, as police have reported the shooter was carrying 6,000 rounds of ammunition.

While every aspect on the alleged shooter's life will be analyzed by the mainstream press in the days to come, the MSM will undoubtedly overlook the fact that the Century 16 movie theater had a firm policy against firearms, even for those who have concealed weapons permits.

WorldNetDaily reports that the theater's parent company, Cinemark Holdings Inc. has a strict 'gun-free' policy at all of their 459 theaters across the U.S. and Latin America.

Given this, the similarities between this and the Virginia Tech massacre are striking and a bit maddening.

The shooting spree orchestrated on April 16, 2007, by Seung Hui Cho and the incredible carnage wrought by that one man, was a tragedy that did not have to occur. Regardless of his motive or grim determination, had one or two students or teachers been armed, his murderous attack in Tech's Norris Hall could have been stopped before 32 innocent lives were lost.

In 2006, a Va. Tech student was disciplined for carrying a gun on campus, even though he possessed a concealed weapons permit. Va. Tech officials were quick to point out that their school was a "gun-free zone." That assertion has not only proven to be naive but deadly as well.

In January 2006, House Bill 1572 was introduced in the Virginia General assembly. The legislation would have allowed students who possess a concealed weapons permit to carry their guns anywhere on campus. Most schools in Virginia have policies against students and faculty carrying guns on campus, Va. Tech is of course one of those schools. Unfortunately, the bill failed to pass through the Committee on Militia, Police, and Public Safety.

Va. Tech Vice President Larry Hincker gave the following statement shortly after the aforementioned measure died in committee: "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty, and visitors feel safe on our campus."

One wonders if Mr. Hincker has the courage to sit down with every family who lost a son or daughter that spring day and explain that statement?

As much as the liberals are interested in trying to understand the painful life that supposedly leads someone to commit mass murder, they are just as uninterested in trying to understand how a well-armed citizenry can make these mass shootings a thing of the past.

-In October 1997, Mississippi teenager Luke Woodham killed his mother and then drove to Pearl High School where he killed two students and wounded seven more. Assistant Principal Joel Myrick ran a quarter of a mile to his vehicle and returned with his .45 pistol. Myrick confronted the teen aged killer and detained him while waiting for police to arrive. Woodham was attempting to leave the high school and planned to drive to the local middle school and continue his killing. Myrick's actions undoubtedly saved the lives of many children that day.

-In January 2002, a Nigerian student named Peter Odighizuwa shot and killed three people at the Appalachian School of Law in rural Virginia. His shooting spree was ended when fellow students Todd Ross and Ted Bessen went to their cars and retrieved their own guns. The pair returned and ordered Odighizuwa to drop his weapon and held him until police arrived.

-In February 2007, at a Salt Lake City mall, an armed off-duty police officer shot and killed a young Muslim named Sulejman Talovic. The officer (Ken Hammond), prevented a massacre as Talovic was found with a backpack full of ammunition, a shotgun, and a pistol. Before Officer Hammond ended the shooting spree, Talovic murdered five people.

Currently, Utah and Oregon are the only states in the union which allow teachers and staff to carry weapons in their schools. It is no coincidence that there has never been a school shooting spree unleashed in either of those states.

In 1975, handgun ownership was banned in Washington D.C. Since that time, violent criminals have basically over-taken our nation's capital. From 1976-2005, an astounding 8,278 murders were committed in that city and guns were used in nearly all of them. The lawless state which has become our nation's capital is a great example of how armed thugs will always take advantage of an unarmed populous.

In 2008, the Supreme Court heard the case of the legitimacy of the D.C. handgun ban. A majority of the Justices saw the ban as having been in direct conflict with our Constitution and the ban was overturned. Chief Justice John Roberts let everyone in the courtroom know his opinion that the ban was unreasonable when he posed the question: "What is reasonable about a total ban on possession of handguns?"

What the anti-2nd Amendment activists deem a 'gun-free zone,' is actually seen by violent criminals as a 'free-fire zone.'

The fact of the matter is that criminals are emboldened by gun control laws.

The old adage always holds true..."laws are only for the law-abiding."

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The framers of the Constitution understood the necessity for American citizens to keep and bear arms. However, our society has been so influenced by authoritarian legislators and those on the left, that many Americans now believe that we should give up that right...Thus leaving ourselves, our homes, and even our loved-ones at the mercy of the criminals. You see, as with all laws, gun laws only affect the law-abiding.

In most states, one needs a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Once again, the only people who observe this restriction are law-abiding citizens, thus making this measure rather useless and even laughable.

Laws which prohibit law-abiding citizens from possessing and carrying firearms are certainly not lost on criminals. It is no coincidence that in the 32 years a handgun ownership ban was in place against the residents of the District of Columbia, the number of crimes to individuals (rape, robbery, murder, etc.) soared.

Criminals are keenly aware of the prospect of an armed citizen and will almost always steer clear of potential victims who may be armed.

In 1982, the town of Kennesaw, Georgia, passed an ordinance which required all heads of household to have at least one gun in the house. The burglary rate immediately dropped an astounding 89 percent. Ten years after the law was passed, the burglary rate was still 72 percent less than it was in 1981.

Of course, the need to defend one's self is not a new one. Nor is the notion of limiting the citizenry's right to do so.

Much has been said on the subject, even before guns were invented.

What follows is a small collection of what many of man's greatest minds have said on the right to possess arms:

-The Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero: “Civilized people are taught by logic, barbarians, by necessity, communities by tradition; and the lesson inculcated even in wild beasts by nature itself. They learn that they have to defend their own bodies and persons lives from violence of any and every kind by all means within their power.”

-4th President of the United States, James Madison, while criticizing the governments of Europe: which “were afraid to trust the people with arms,” argued for “the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over almost every other nation.”

-American statesmen, Richard Henry Lee: “To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.”

-Writer, George Orwell: “Rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon -- so long as there is no answer to it -- gives claws to the weak.”

-Roy Innis, National Chairman Congress of Racial Equality: “To make inexpensive guns impossible to get is to say that you're putting a money test on getting a gun. It's racism in its worst form.”

-35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy: “Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom.”

Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi: “Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.”

Even Jesus weighed in on the subject, in the Gospel of Luke (22:35-38): “When I sent you out barefoot without purse or pack, were you ever short of anything?...It is different now, whoever has a purse had better take it with him, and his pack too; and if he has no sword, let him sell his cloak to buy one.”

Since people have had the opportunity as well as the need to arm themselves, there have been those attempting to rob them of this right. It was as true in Colonial America, as it was in Hitler's Germany. In 1938, the Nazis enacted a gun-control act, which robbed not only Jews, but all citizens of the right to defend themselves.

In 1942, Adolf Hitler made the following statement: “The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so.”

Near the end of World War II, the Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto once remarked that the reason Japan never invaded the mainland of the United States was because “there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.”

Americans´ right to keep and bear arms has truly served us well.

It is also a well known fact that well armed citizens prevent crimes from occurring.

The fact is, the police cannot be everywhere at once, and if you choose NOT to arm yourself or your family, that is your decision, but make no mistake...the police will not be there to defend you, they will only be there to take a report after the tragedy has occurred.

However, remember the old adage: “It is better to be judged by twelve than carried by six!”

Read more on the subject of gun control:

'Gun-free zones' never protect the innocent

Obama working on gun control

Eric Holder wants to "brainwash people" against guns

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So-called 'gun-free zones' never protect the innocent

Thursday night's mass shooting at a multiplex movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, left 12 people dead and another 59 injured.

The gunman, James Holmes, 24, reportedly used a semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun and a pistol as he walked up and down the packed aisles, stopping to reload and picking off frightened patrons as they attempted to flee.

One of those inside the theater, Jennifer Seeger, told the Associated Press: "He would reload and shoot and anyone who would try to leave would just get killed."

Holmes was apparently prepared to kill many more, as police have reported the shooter was carrying 6,000 rounds of ammunition.

While every aspect on the alleged shooter's life will be analyzed by the mainstream press in the days to come, the MSM will undoubtedly overlook the fact that the Century 16 movie theater had a firm policy against firearms, even for those who have concealed weapons permits.

WorldNetDaily reports that the theater's parent company, Cinemark Holdings Inc. has a strict 'gun-free' policy at all of their 459 theaters across the U.S. and Latin America.

Given this, the similarities between this and the Virginia Tech massacre are striking and a bit maddening.

The shooting spree orchestrated on April 16, 2007, by Seung Hui Cho and the incredible carnage wrought by that one man, was a tragedy that did not have to occur. Regardless of his motive or grim determination, had one or two students or teachers been armed, his murderous attack in Tech's Norris Hall could have been stopped before 32 innocent lives were lost.

In 2006, a Va. Tech student was disciplined for carrying a gun on campus, even though he possessed a concealed weapons permit. Va. Tech officials were quick to point out that their school was a "gun-free zone." That assertion has not only proven to be naive but deadly as well.

In January 2006, House Bill 1572 was introduced in the Virginia General assembly. The legislation would have allowed students who possess a concealed weapons permit to carry their guns anywhere on campus. Most schools in Virginia have policies against students and faculty carrying guns on campus, Va. Tech is of course one of those schools. Unfortunately, the bill failed to pass through the Committee on Militia, Police, and Public Safety.

Va. Tech Vice President Larry Hincker gave the following statement shortly after the aforementioned measure died in committee: "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty, and visitors feel safe on our campus."

One wonders if Mr. Hincker has the courage to sit down with every family who lost a son or daughter that spring day and explain that statement?

As much as the liberals are interested in trying to understand the painful life that supposedly leads someone to commit mass murder, they are just as uninterested in trying to understand how a well-armed citizenry can make these mass shootings a thing of the past.

-In October 1997, Mississippi teenager Luke Woodham killed his mother and then drove to Pearl High School where he killed two students and wounded seven more. Assistant Principal Joel Myrick ran a quarter of a mile to his vehicle and returned with his .45 pistol. Myrick confronted the teen aged killer and detained him while waiting for police to arrive. Woodham was attempting to leave the high school and planned to drive to the local middle school and continue his killing. Myrick's actions undoubtedly saved the lives of many children that day.

-In January 2002, a Nigerian student named Peter Odighizuwa shot and killed three people at the Appalachian School of Law in rural Virginia. His shooting spree was ended when fellow students Todd Ross and Ted Bessen went to their cars and retrieved their own guns. The pair returned and ordered Odighizuwa to drop his weapon and held him until police arrived.

-In February 2007, at a Salt Lake City mall, an armed off-duty police officer shot and killed a young Muslim named Sulejman Talovic. The officer (Ken Hammond), prevented a massacre as Talovic was found with a backpack full of ammunition, a shotgun, and a pistol. Before Officer Hammond ended the shooting spree, Talovic murdered five people.

Currently, Utah and Oregon are the only states in the union which allow teachers and staff to carry weapons in their schools. It is no coincidence that there has never been a school shooting spree unleashed in either of those states.

In 1975, handgun ownership was banned in Washington D.C. Since that time, violent criminals have basically over-taken our nation's capital. From 1976-2005, an astounding 8,278 murders were committed in that city and guns were used in nearly all of them. The lawless state which has become our nation's capital is a great example of how armed thugs will always take advantage of an unarmed populous.

In 2008, the Supreme Court heard the case of the legitimacy of the D.C. handgun ban. A majority of the Justices saw the ban as having been in direct conflict with our Constitution and the ban was overturned. Chief Justice John Roberts let everyone in the courtroom know his opinion that the ban was unreasonable when he posed the question: "What is reasonable about a total ban on possession of handguns?"

What the anti-2nd Amendment activists deem a 'gun-free zone,' is actually seen by violent criminals as a 'free-fire zone.'

The fact of the matter is that criminals are emboldened by gun control laws.

The old adage always holds true..."laws are only for the law-abiding."

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So-called 'gun-free zones' never protect the innocent

Thursday night's mass shooting at a multiplex movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, left 12 people dead and another 59 injured.

The gunman, James Holmes, 24, reportedly used a semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun and a pistol as he walked up and down the packed aisles, stopping to reload and picking off frightened patrons as they attempted to flee.

One of those inside the theater, Jennifer Seeger, told the Associated Press: "He would reload and shoot and anyone who would try to leave would just get killed."

Holmes was apparently prepared to kill many more, as police have reported the shooter was carrying 6,000 rounds of ammunition.

While every aspect on the alleged shooter's life will be analyzed by the mainstream press in the days to come, the MSM will undoubtedly overlook the fact that the Century 16 movie theater had a firm policy against firearms, even for those who have concealed weapons permits.

WorldNetDaily reports that the theater's parent company, Cinemark Holdings Inc. has a strict 'gun-free' policy at all of their 459 theaters across the U.S. and Latin America.

Given this, the similarities between this and the Virginia Tech massacre are striking and a bit maddening.

The shooting spree orchestrated on April 16, 2007, by Seung Hui Cho and the incredible carnage wrought by that one man, was a tragedy that did not have to occur. Regardless of his motive or grim determination, had one or two students or teachers been armed, his murderous attack in Tech's Norris Hall could have been stopped before 32 innocent lives were lost.

In 2006, a Va. Tech student was disciplined for carrying a gun on campus, even though he possessed a concealed weapons permit. Va. Tech officials were quick to point out that their school was a "gun-free zone." That assertion has not only proven to be naive but deadly as well.

In January 2006, House Bill 1572 was introduced in the Virginia General assembly. The legislation would have allowed students who possess a concealed weapons permit to carry their guns anywhere on campus. Most schools in Virginia have policies against students and faculty carrying guns on campus, Va. Tech is of course one of those schools. Unfortunately, the bill failed to pass through the Committee on Militia, Police, and Public Safety.

Va. Tech Vice President Larry Hincker gave the following statement shortly after the aforementioned measure died in committee: "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty, and visitors feel safe on our campus."

One wonders if Mr. Hincker has the courage to sit down with every family who lost a son or daughter that spring day and explain that statement?

As much as the liberals are interested in trying to understand the painful life that supposedly leads someone to commit mass murder, they are just as uninterested in trying to understand how a well-armed citizenry can make these mass shootings a thing of the past.

-In October 1997, Mississippi teenager Luke Woodham killed his mother and then drove to Pearl High School where he killed two students and wounded seven more. Assistant Principal Joel Myrick ran a quarter of a mile to his vehicle and returned with his .45 pistol. Myrick confronted the teen aged killer and detained him while waiting for police to arrive. Woodham was attempting to leave the high school and planned to drive to the local middle school and continue his killing. Myrick's actions undoubtedly saved the lives of many children that day.

-In January 2002, a Nigerian student named Peter Odighizuwa shot and killed three people at the Appalachian School of Law in rural Virginia. His shooting spree was ended when fellow students Todd Ross and Ted Bessen went to their cars and retrieved their own guns. The pair returned and ordered Odighizuwa to drop his weapon and held him until police arrived.

-In February 2007, at a Salt Lake City mall, an armed off-duty police officer shot and killed a young Muslim named Sulejman Talovic. The officer (Ken Hammond), prevented a massacre as Talovic was found with a backpack full of ammunition, a shotgun, and a pistol. Before Officer Hammond ended the shooting spree, Talovic murdered five people.

Currently, Utah and Oregon are the only states in the union which allow teachers and staff to carry weapons in their schools. It is no coincidence that there has never been a school shooting spree unleashed in either of those states.

In 1975, handgun ownership was banned in Washington D.C. Since that time, violent criminals have basically over-taken our nation's capital. From 1976-2005, an astounding 8,278 murders were committed in that city and guns were used in nearly all of them. The lawless state which has become our nation's capital is a great example of how armed thugs will always take advantage of an unarmed populous.

In 2008, the Supreme Court heard the case of the legitimacy of the D.C. handgun ban. A majority of the Justices saw the ban as having been in direct conflict with our Constitution and the ban was overturned. Chief Justice John Roberts let everyone in the courtroom know his opinion that the ban was unreasonable when he posed the question: "What is reasonable about a total ban on possession of handguns?"

What the anti-2nd Amendment activists deem a 'gun-free zone,' is actually seen by violent criminals as a 'free-fire zone.'

The fact of the matter is that criminals are emboldened by gun control laws.

The old adage always holds true..."laws are only for the law-abiding."

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Even Jesus opposed gun control

The framers of the Constitution understood the necessity for American citizens to keep and bear arms. However, our society has been so influenced by authoritarian legislators and those on the left, that many Americans now believe that we should give up that right...Thus leaving ourselves, our homes, and even our loved-ones at the mercy of the criminals. You see, as with all laws, gun laws only affect the law-abiding.

In most states, one needs a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Once again, the only people who observe this restriction are law-abiding citizens, thus making this measure rather useless and even laughable.

Laws which prohibit law-abiding citizens from possessing and carrying firearms are certainly not lost on criminals. It is no coincidence that in the 32 years a handgun ownership ban was in place against the residents of the District of Columbia, the number of crimes to individuals (rape, robbery, murder, etc.) soared.

Criminals are keenly aware of the prospect of an armed citizen and will almost always steer clear of potential victims who may be armed.

In 1982, the town of Kennesaw, Georgia, passed an ordinance which required all heads of household to have at least one gun in the house. The burglary rate immediately dropped an astounding 89 percent. Ten years after the law was passed, the burglary rate was still 72 percent less than it was in 1981.

Of course, the need to defend one's self is not a new one. Nor is the notion of limiting the citizenry's right to do so.

Much has been said on the subject, even before guns were invented.

What follows is a small collection of what many of man's greatest minds have said on the right to possess arms:

-The Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero: “Civilized people are taught by logic, barbarians, by necessity, communities by tradition; and the lesson inculcated even in wild beasts by nature itself. They learn that they have to defend their own bodies and persons lives from violence of any and every kind by all means within their power.”

-4th President of the United States, James Madison, while criticizing the governments of Europe: which “were afraid to trust the people with arms,” argued for “the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over almost every other nation.”

-American statesmen, Richard Henry Lee: “To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.”

-Writer, George Orwell: “Rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon -- so long as there is no answer to it -- gives claws to the weak.”

-Roy Innis, National Chairman Congress of Racial Equality: “To make inexpensive guns impossible to get is to say that you're putting a money test on getting a gun. It's racism in its worst form.”

-35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy: “Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom.”

Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi: “Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.”

Even Jesus weighed in on the subject, in the Gospel of Luke (22:35-38): “When I sent you out barefoot without purse or pack, were you ever short of anything?...It is different now, whoever has a purse had better take it with him, and his pack too; and if he has no sword, let him sell his cloak to buy one.”

Since people have had the opportunity as well as the need to arm themselves, there have been those attempting to rob them of this right. It was as true in Colonial America, as it was in Hitler's Germany. In 1938, the Nazis enacted a gun-control act, which robbed not only Jews, but all citizens of the right to defend themselves.

In 1942, Adolf Hitler made the following statement: “The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so.”

Near the end of World War II, the Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto once remarked that the reason Japan never invaded the mainland of the United States was because “there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.”

Americans´ right to keep and bear arms has truly served us well.

It is also a well known fact that well armed citizens prevent crimes from occurring.

The fact is, the police cannot be everywhere at once, and if you choose NOT to arm yourself or your family, that is your decision, but make no mistake...the police will not be there to defend you, they will only be there to take a report after the tragedy has occurred.

However, remember the old adage: “It is better to be judged by twelve than carried by six!”

Read more on the subject of gun control:

'Gun-free zones' never protect the innocent

Obama working on gun control

Eric Holder wants to "brainwash people" against guns

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Even Jesus opposed gun control

The framers of the Constitution understood the necessity for American citizens to keep and bear arms. However, our society has been so influenced by authoritarian legislators and those on the left, that many Americans now believe that we should give up that right...Thus leaving ourselves, our homes, and even our loved-ones at the mercy of the criminals. You see, as with all laws, gun laws only affect the law-abiding.

In most states, one needs a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Once again, the only people who observe this restriction are law-abiding citizens, thus making this measure rather useless and even laughable.

Laws which prohibit law-abiding citizens from possessing and carrying firearms are certainly not lost on criminals. It is no coincidence that in the 32 years a handgun ownership ban was in place against the residents of the District of Columbia, the number of crimes to individuals (rape, robbery, murder, etc.) soared.

Criminals are keenly aware of the prospect of an armed citizen and will almost always steer clear of potential victims who may be armed.

In 1982, the town of Kennesaw, Georgia, passed an ordinance which required all heads of household to have at least one gun in the house. The burglary rate immediately dropped an astounding 89 percent. Ten years after the law was passed, the burglary rate was still 72 percent less than it was in 1981.

Of course, the need to defend one's self is not a new one. Nor is the notion of limiting the citizenry's right to do so.

Much has been said on the subject, even before guns were invented.

What follows is a small collection of what many of man's greatest minds have said on the right to possess arms:

-The Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero: “Civilized people are taught by logic, barbarians, by necessity, communities by tradition; and the lesson inculcated even in wild beasts by nature itself. They learn that they have to defend their own bodies and persons lives from violence of any and every kind by all means within their power.”

-4th President of the United States, James Madison, while criticizing the governments of Europe: which “were afraid to trust the people with arms,” argued for “the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over almost every other nation.”

-American statesmen, Richard Henry Lee: “To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.”

-Writer, George Orwell: “Rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon -- so long as there is no answer to it -- gives claws to the weak.”

-Roy Innis, National Chairman Congress of Racial Equality: “To make inexpensive guns impossible to get is to say that you're putting a money test on getting a gun. It's racism in its worst form.”

-35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy: “Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom.”

Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi: “Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.”

Even Jesus weighed in on the subject, in the Gospel of Luke (22:35-38): “When I sent you out barefoot without purse or pack, were you ever short of anything?...It is different now, whoever has a purse had better take it with him, and his pack too; and if he has no sword, let him sell his cloak to buy one.”

Since people have had the opportunity as well as the need to arm themselves, there have been those attempting to rob them of this right. It was as true in Colonial America, as it was in Hitler's Germany. In 1938, the Nazis enacted a gun-control act, which robbed not only Jews, but all citizens of the right to defend themselves.

In 1942, Adolf Hitler made the following statement: “The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so.”

Near the end of World War II, the Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto once remarked that the reason Japan never invaded the mainland of the United States was because “there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.”

Americans´ right to keep and bear arms has truly served us well.

It is also a well known fact that well armed citizens prevent crimes from occurring.

The fact is, the police cannot be everywhere at once, and if you choose NOT to arm yourself or your family, that is your decision, but make no mistake...the police will not be there to defend you, they will only be there to take a report after the tragedy has occurred.

However, remember the old adage: “It is better to be judged by twelve than carried by six!”

Read more on the subject of gun control:

'Gun-free zones' never protect the innocent

Obama working on gun control

Eric Holder wants to "brainwash people" against guns

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So-called 'gun-free zones' never protect the innocent

Thursday night's mass shooting at a multiplex movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, left 12 people dead and another 59 injured.

The gunman, James Holmes, 24, reportedly used a semi-automatic rifle, a shotgun and a pistol as he walked up and down the packed aisles, stopping to reload and picking off frightened patrons as they attempted to flee.

One of those inside the theater, Jennifer Seeger, told the Associated Press: "He would reload and shoot and anyone who would try to leave would just get killed."

Holmes was apparently prepared to kill many more, as police have reported the shooter was carrying 6,000 rounds of ammunition.

While every aspect on the alleged shooter's life will be analyzed by the mainstream press in the days to come, the MSM will undoubtedly overlook the fact that the Century 16 movie theater had a firm policy against firearms, even for those who have concealed weapons permits.

WorldNetDaily reports that the theater's parent company, Cinemark Holdings Inc. has a strict 'gun-free' policy at all of their 459 theaters across the U.S. and Latin America.

Given this, the similarities between this and the Virginia Tech massacre are striking and a bit maddening.

The shooting spree orchestrated on April 16, 2007, by Seung Hui Cho and the incredible carnage wrought by that one man, was a tragedy that did not have to occur. Regardless of his motive or grim determination, had one or two students or teachers been armed, his murderous attack in Tech's Norris Hall could have been stopped before 32 innocent lives were lost.

In 2006, a Va. Tech student was disciplined for carrying a gun on campus, even though he possessed a concealed weapons permit. Va. Tech officials were quick to point out that their school was a "gun-free zone." That assertion has not only proven to be naive but deadly as well.

In January 2006, House Bill 1572 was introduced in the Virginia General assembly. The legislation would have allowed students who possess a concealed weapons permit to carry their guns anywhere on campus. Most schools in Virginia have policies against students and faculty carrying guns on campus, Va. Tech is of course one of those schools. Unfortunately, the bill failed to pass through the Committee on Militia, Police, and Public Safety.

Va. Tech Vice President Larry Hincker gave the following statement shortly after the aforementioned measure died in committee: "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty, and visitors feel safe on our campus."

One wonders if Mr. Hincker has the courage to sit down with every family who lost a son or daughter that spring day and explain that statement?

As much as the liberals are interested in trying to understand the painful life that supposedly leads someone to commit mass murder, they are just as uninterested in trying to understand how a well-armed citizenry can make these mass shootings a thing of the past.

-In October 1997, Mississippi teenager Luke Woodham killed his mother and then drove to Pearl High School where he killed two students and wounded seven more. Assistant Principal Joel Myrick ran a quarter of a mile to his vehicle and returned with his .45 pistol. Myrick confronted the teen aged killer and detained him while waiting for police to arrive. Woodham was attempting to leave the high school and planned to drive to the local middle school and continue his killing. Myrick's actions undoubtedly saved the lives of many children that day.

-In January 2002, a Nigerian student named Peter Odighizuwa shot and killed three people at the Appalachian School of Law in rural Virginia. His shooting spree was ended when fellow students Todd Ross and Ted Bessen went to their cars and retrieved their own guns. The pair returned and ordered Odighizuwa to drop his weapon and held him until police arrived.

-In February 2007, at a Salt Lake City mall, an armed off-duty police officer shot and killed a young Muslim named Sulejman Talovic. The officer (Ken Hammond), prevented a massacre as Talovic was found with a backpack full of ammunition, a shotgun, and a pistol. Before Officer Hammond ended the shooting spree, Talovic murdered five people.

Currently, Utah and Oregon are the only states in the union which allow teachers and staff to carry weapons in their schools. It is no coincidence that there has never been a school shooting spree unleashed in either of those states.

In 1975, handgun ownership was banned in Washington D.C. Since that time, violent criminals have basically over-taken our nation's capital. From 1976-2005, an astounding 8,278 murders were committed in that city and guns were used in nearly all of them. The lawless state which has become our nation's capital is a great example of how armed thugs will always take advantage of an unarmed populous.

In 2008, the Supreme Court heard the case of the legitimacy of the D.C. handgun ban. A majority of the Justices saw the ban as having been in direct conflict with our Constitution and the ban was overturned. Chief Justice John Roberts let everyone in the courtroom know his opinion that the ban was unreasonable when he posed the question: "What is reasonable about a total ban on possession of handguns?"

What the anti-2nd Amendment activists deem a 'gun-free zone,' is actually seen by violent criminals as a 'free-fire zone.'

The fact of the matter is that criminals are emboldened by gun control laws.

The old adage always holds true..."laws are only for the law-abiding."

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