Yet another memorial…
For the second time this month I must extend my condolences. This time, it’s to all the families of the students at Virginia Tech. Today, according to news sources, a Chinese national in his mid 20’s in this country on a visa opened fire in a residence hall and the engineering building on VA Tech’s campus.
Campus safety is not predictable. I have never witnessed a crime on Georgia Tech campus, but I have heard of some. Just like learning the streets to avoid in a new city, it’s something you learn. But, an event of this caliber implies that something more than a campus police force needs to be considered.
I don’t think that gun laws would solve this problem–which is inevitably going to be the big debate after all the smoke clears and the families have had their chance to mourn. Something like this, however, sparks my interest in getting a concealed weapon permit. As illustrated in this situation, law enforcement can’t be everywhere all the time, and regardless if blame can be placed on them or not, one brave student, professor, or TA with brains and a concealed weapon could have possibly stopped this whole situation from escalating further. The question currently is: what would the reaction be to someone breaking campus law by bringing a concealed weapon on campus and actually being able to stop this massacre? I submit that the story would get minimal coverage, and that brave student would have been crucified.
ben said,
April 17, 2007 @ 6:02 pm
It would only get minimal coverage because of all the gag orders that will be put on all those involved at EVERY school shooting ever! Yesterday was the only day that we will be able to get any good reporting about even the VT shooting cuz people could talk. Yet another thing for american politicians to try and cover their rears with.
Uncle G. said,
May 7, 2007 @ 9:47 am
Recently, 20/20 did a show on the top ten myths that are commonly believe in this nation. Number 10 was that gun control reduces crime. When Washington D.C. banned handguns from households, the crime rate went up! There is no evidence that gun control reduces crime in all the studies done. In fact, the evidence shows otherwise.
If just one teacher at Virginia Tech had a gun, far less people would have died. All school campuses should be required by law to have, either an armed staff or at least armed security. Fear of dieing could be a strong deterent to some maniac who decides to go around randomly shooting people.
Because, of the moral decline and the breakdown of the family structure, we are producing monsters in this nation and that will not change until we obey 2 Chronicles 7:14.