What would you do about Virginia Tech?

[nef]

Just a quick search on British news websites shows that the handgun ban has not made gun crime disappear in the UK.

I am one of the gun guys in favor of recognizing an adults right to self defense. This includes at a college like VT. Ditto on all the above excellent arguments about how this would be moral and effective.

I just also want to say that I think part of the problem is our society's irrational attitude towards violence, mainly in the school system. We are taught to avoid violence at any cost, told to walk away. We are not allowed to defend ourselves, and will be punished the same as the aggressor (at school). Lies are propogated by the government that resistance is not wise, just give them what they want. WHAT IF ALL THEY WANT IS FOR YOU TO DIE? (Illinois State Police on self defense BTW the ISP site used to say on that site that half of all women who use a gun shoot the wrong person. It also said knives were too dangerous for self defense against RAPISTS. We sent letters to ask for their sources. it no longer says that.) Your life is worth protecting, with violence if necessary.

Here are some links to read about citizens defending themselves with guns:

Gun defense blog

2nd Amendment news digest

Operation Self Defense

Here is a story about a city with some of the strictest gun laws having a major increase in crime. The proposed solution... more gun laws. Boston Crime OF course they always point to the gun laws of NH and VT being the problem. Why is the crime so low in those states?

To the anti-gunners, calling for more gun control is just a knee jerk reaction, they don't even know what the laws are... Here is a case where the Albany mayor proposed some laws that already exist in NY:

Albany gun law oops