This Weeks News...
I found it interesting to read all the cries for more gun control coming out of the Mercury News after that terrorist attack at Virginia Tech. What would have happened if even one of the victims had been packing a gun? What if the teachers were allowed to have a firearm on campus?
In the 19th century, people were polite precisely because they knew that other people had (and knew how to use) guns on their person when out in public. Perhaps in a utopia it wouldn't be necessary to have the right to possess arms. But we don't live in a utopia; we live on planet Earth in the year 2007. There are still people out there who wish to do others harm.
It's also worth noting the other news story of the week. Itcho Ito, the mayor of Nagasaki, Japan; was gunned down by a gangster. "Surprisingly", Japan has some of the strictist bans on firearms on the planet. And yet the bad guys can still get guns, go figure...
In the 19th century, people were polite precisely because they knew that other people had (and knew how to use) guns on their person when out in public. Perhaps in a utopia it wouldn't be necessary to have the right to possess arms. But we don't live in a utopia; we live on planet Earth in the year 2007. There are still people out there who wish to do others harm.
It's also worth noting the other news story of the week. Itcho Ito, the mayor of Nagasaki, Japan; was gunned down by a gangster. "Surprisingly", Japan has some of the strictist bans on firearms on the planet. And yet the bad guys can still get guns, go figure...
posted by Mike Deitchman at
7:54 AM
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