Original: April 20, 2007
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I'm not wearing orange and maroon today because my uniform is made up of shades of tan and green. Having said that, I feel deeply for the families who lots loved ones this past Monday at Virginia Tech. I'm sorry for your loss, I wish it hadn't happened.
One of the more disgusting byproducts of this tragedy is the increase in idiots using it as a springboard to launch more of their anti second amendment rhetoric.
I'm just going to make two points on the topic and then shut up. Disclaimer: If you think Katie Couric or Paula Zhan are good reporters, stop reading now, I'm just going to piss you off.
In her post yesterday afternoon, Arianna Huffington went out of her way to point out that the weapons used by that miscreant Cho Seung-Hui on Monday were semiautomatic, and that he was able to obtain them legally.
To her and every other lefty out there, I offer this: Be thankful Virginia has such "dangerous" gun laws that allowed him to purchase two rather benign weapons. Had he decided, like the vast majority of America's criminal element, to obtain his weapons illegally, I would venture to guess that they would not have been semiautomatic. What sort of destruction would have been wrought had he delved into the illegal gun market and come up with a couple of automatic handguns? Thirty-two grieving families could easily have turned into 92.
Brought back to the spotlight is the Virginia state legislature's debacle last January when they shot down a bill that would have allowed students and staff, who have valid concealed handgun permits, to carry their guns on campus. Idiots.
Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia, Jan. 16, 2002. Peter Odighizuwa, a student from Nigeria, killed the school's dean, a professor and a student, and wounded three others. Mr. Odighizuwa's spree was cut short because two students went to their cars, retrieved their handguns, and with the help of an unarmed student subdued Mr. Odighizuwa.
Pearl, Mississippi, Oct. 1, 1997, 16-year-old Luke Woodham took his rifle to school and began shooting his classmates. His spree was stopped when Assistant Principal Joel Myrick raced to his pickup, retrieved his .45 pistol, and subdued him.
Virginia Tech Associate Vice President Larry Hincker and the rest of his pink-bellied cohorts took away the student and staff's ability to defend themselves. Somebody should have been able to shoot that socially retarded twerp before his body count grew as high as it did.
Veritas vos Liberabit
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