McCain Backs Gun Rights After Shootings

[Eliyahuw]

Under Virginia law, a registered foreign national has the right to posess and purchase firearms. The korean that went on the shooting rampage yesterday purchased the Glock last month and the other pistol last week, he had receipts. Virginia needs to change the law so that no foreign national, regarding standing in society has the right to posess or purchase any firearms. That should be a right solely for American Citizens, no one else.

Now I FULLY agree with that idea! ABSOLUTELY!

[JustinM]

quote gerioke: "What's to stop the teachers and other law abiding students from snapping once they have their guns. do we legalize vigilantes so these people can shoot whoever they deem dangerous or undesirable?"

Let's look at this situation in the context of what happened, this person bought his first handgun last month, then another one last week. This person didn't just snap one day, he had been planning this rampage for quite sometime and I am willing to bet, that he probably planned this long before he even owned a handgun. Mass murdering psychotic despots do not just snap one day, they entertain the thought of killing, they prepare for it, they practice it, they plan for it, they don't just run to the nearest gun store, buy a gun, then show up and start killing people, to say that someone simply "snaps" sounds like an excuse for their behavior, like temporary insanity. That isn't the case in this tragedy. This person knew at least a month ago that he was gonna do this, he had plenty of time to talk hisself out of it, but instead talked hisself into it. There is no snapping, no temporary loss of sanity, nothing, just cold-blooded meticulous planning and execution. He didn't snap, he even wrote a letter "justifying" his rampage. That was the testimony of an evil human being, not a madman. Being evil is not a mental illness. OCD, Bi-Polar, Schizophrenia, dementia, etc. those are mental disorders, not planning mass murder, it's evil through and through.

[Oh Hamburgers!]

If my campus were suddenly to support professors and students to have the freedom to carry weapons with them, I would go to a different school.

I also disagree with the idea of only giving American citizens rights to be allowed to carry weapons. Would this arguement have come up if the shooter had been an American?

[Gerioke]

If my campus were suddenly to support professors and students to have the freedom to carry weapons with them, I would go to a different school.

I also disagree with the idea of only giving American citizens rights to be allowed to carry weapons. Would this arguement have come up if the shooter had been an American?

Most of these shooters are American.

Has anyone here actually ever killed anybody? How does it make you feel? Do you ever reflect and wish you had done something different?

I don't know about most of you, but if i ever killed a person, I don't think I would ever have peace again.

[Gerioke]

If my campus were suddenly to support professors and students to have the freedom to carry weapons with them, I would go to a different school.

I also disagree with the idea of only giving American citizens rights to be allowed to carry weapons. Would this arguement have come up if the shooter had been an American?

Most of these shooters are American.

Has anyone here actually ever killed anybody? How does it make you feel? Do you ever reflect and wish you had done something different?

I don't know about most of you, but if i ever killed a person, I don't think I would ever have peace again.

When confronted with Kill or be Killed, What do you do?

Pray, punch, kick, run, to be honest, I don't know. I would probably panick and take the bullet. But then you would still be here and I would not. Who would be better off then?

[Guest man]

Gun laws need to be enforced. I am not pushing for a "ban"...I am pushing for laws to be enforced. I'll bet that once info comes out on this guy, there was some evidence of his instability...someone knew of the possibility this could happen...and no one did anything.

How would the enforcement of gun laws prevent what happened yesterday? Did he illegally buy these guns?

As for him being unstable...what would you suggest we do? Lock him up? Put a 24 hour guard on him?

[JustinM]

quote hamburgers: "I also disagree with the idea of only giving American citizens rights to be allowed to carry weapons. Would this arguement have come up if the shooter had been an American?"

This argument shouldn't even have to be brought up, it should be an absolute certainty that only Law abiding US citizens have the right to bear arms, no one else.

[Gerioke]

What's wrong with arming everyone with tazers? They are generally non-lethal and you get to see the homicidal maniacs suffer in prison.

[Guest LadyC]

TAZERS are only effective if you are close enough to the person to use them. a whole classroom full of students with tazers aren't going to be able to stop a lone gunman who is standing in the doorway firing bullets at them.

[Axxman]

First of all, these days it's very easy to go look up the facts, so I'm not going to do all your homework for you. The stats are all easily available....provided you have an open mind.

LOL...I'm not going fishing for your red herring. If you can't site your sources for your outrageous claims...then we can all safely assume you made them up, or at least inflated them.

I'm not going to debate your anarchy idiology right now either.