[rwgal]

i am sure it has already been said, but if only ONE of those college kids had a permit to carry and had a gun, there would not have been that many fatalities....

Meadow Muffin

[Coleus]

Exercising the Right, to KEEP and BEAR Arms

armed citizen

[Red Badger]

Lawsuits are gonna be flying...........

[American Quilter]

This article is so right. The liberals, of course, will continue not to “get it”. Some of them are dewy-eyed dreamers who believe you can keep guns out of criminals’ hands if you just pass enough laws. Others do understand the point, but have no desire for Americans to be able to defend ourselves. If we’re not helpless and defenseless, we’ll be less likely to turn to the govt for help. And they can tyrannize us much more easily.

[tobyhill]

Anti-gun libs are doing nothing but enrolling naive kids into a suicide pact.

[mo]

I wonder if there is any civil recourse ..for compensation consequent to deprivation of the right to self defense here....

[YOUGOTIT]

When we learn from the media that this was a Islamic Fascist Terrorist? Or will we ever be told the truth?

[Bitsy]

I would feel very uncomfortable sending my son to a campus that he felt the necessity to carry a concealed weapon for protection. It’s crazy. Although I believe people have the right to bear arms and protect themselves, it seems very sad that one has to “pack” on a campus!

[Southack]

"The Roanoke Times quoted VA Tech spokesman Larry Hincker as celebrating the defeat of the bill. "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions," Hincker said on Jan. 31, 2006, "because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus."

...and so yet another liberal gets people killed, but they "felt safe" up until that point.

[Dogbert41]

I’ve completely given up on government entirely for my family or my country’s security.

[InkStone]

“Contact Larry Hincker at hincker@vt.edu or (540) 231-5396”
www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2006&itemno=434 - 20k -

[InkStone]

Sorry, forgot to add this:

After the proposal died in the state's House Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety, The Roanoke Times quoted VA Tech spokesman Larry Hincker as celebrating the defeat of the bill. "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions," Hincker said on Jan. 31, 2006, "because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus."

Contact Larry Hincker at hincker@vt.edu or (540) 231-5396. ... www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2006&itemno=434 - 20k -

[I see my hands]

"Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker was happy to hear the bill was defeated. "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus."

I first read that four hours ago. Since then I have been clicking refresh over and over like in those S. King movies.

Hinkler really should be held to account for those words. Not just embarrassed as the embodiment of the irony, that's not enough.

Pounds of flesh must be taken. He should be urged to find swift redemption..

[Centurion2000]

A Virginia Tech official in 2006 praised the defeat of a proposal to allow students with state-issued concealed handgun permits to carry their handguns on college campuses in Virginia

Let's give him a chance to honorably fall on his sword (yeah right) first.

[HardStarboard]

When it happens, and happen it will, what will Virginia Tech say about an al Qaeda hostage taking siilar to Beslan?

“Sure glad there wern’t any guns on campus, we could have lost more than the 321 if there had been resistance.”

[HardStarboard]

When it happens, and happen it will, what will Virginia Tech say about an al Qaeda hostage taking siilar to Beslan?

“Sure glad there wern’t any guns on campus, we could have lost more than the 321 if there had been resistance.”

[Rick_Michael]

Excellent thread, and I hope our leadership speaks about this when confronted with more gun control idiots.

It’s a shame these kids died, and it’s a bigger shame that they could defend themselves.

[Malone LaVeigh]

Oleg Volk, over at thehighroad.org posted these today:

[metalurgist]

"The schools and universities that had to wait for the police to arrive, those are the ones that find these high death tolls. "It's just a real shame," he concluded, "that these guys never get it."

It is time to start holding officials and polititions that make innocent, honest citizens sitting ducks as much accountable as the killer. They should be charged as accessories to murder. They are just as guilty of this as if they were there and held the victims down so the killer could shoot them.

Using the power of government this is exactly what they did.

[I see my hands]

Sorry for the rant. I'm not sure which of those grief stages are which but anger popped up first.

Sadness must be one of the stages cuz I feel it coming on strong right now.

Man, poor kids. Never got to live life, never got to find out what happens. Gone, sad.