Today, April 16th, the day of the Virginia Tech massacre, is my birthday.Every year for the rest of my life, I am going to be reminded on my birthday that my attempt to alert the American people to the lethal dangers of victim disarmament did not succeed in preventing this act of criminal terrorism.
My 1994 book, Stopping Power: Why 70 Million Americans Own Guns, makes the point -- through analysis of history, criminology, statistics, and dramatic examples -- that "Gun control increases violent crime by disarming helpless victims and shifting the balance of power to the illegally armed criminal or terrorist."
Obviously not enough people have gotten that message or there would not be in place a federal "Gun-Free-School-Zone" law prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns by those citizens of the State of Virginia -- faculty, administrators, and graduate students -- who hold or could have applied for a Virginia license to carry.
This can not be permitted to continue. This ends today.
We are at war with criminals and terrorists, and the victims must be allowed the means to defend the innocent and decent among us from the guilty and indecent among us.
As of today -- as a Hobbit-like birthday present -- I am making downloads of the PDF edition of Stopping Power a free download.
Click on the book cover to download and read the book for free.
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J. Neil Schulman,
Webmaster
The World Wide Web Gun Defense Clock
