Posted on 12/06/2007 6:28:27 AM PST by Pistolshot
My biggest fears may be realized.
I don't post vanities too often, but this issue has kept me up most of the night. The ramifications of the shooting in Omaha have yet to be felt and what follows is something that we all need to consider and prepare to combat.
Earlier this year I made the prediction there would be a mass killing by another ‘troubled’ teen with an ‘assault’ weapon on the innocent, in this case an SKS in Omaha. It would occur in a large setting where CCW was not allowed and once again set off the Assault Weapons Ban demand from the anti-gunners. Utah didn’t do it, nor did Virginia Tech, because those didn’t use ‘assault weapons’ for their mayhem.
Now, that has come to pass, and in the heartland of America. The Omaha mall has posted signs requiring citizens to enter unarmed, and just about everyone complies, I would guess. In this instance, I would say EVERYONE obeyed this posting.
I, for one, have made numerous statements here on FreeRepublic that I will not ever go unarmed anywhere I go, except onto Federal property, or the courts. In the case of the shooter, his troubled past led him to do the abomination now covered by all the networks.
Nebraska has a ‘Shall-Issue’ CCW law, which means if you pass the requirements, you get a permit to carry concealed. Once again, the inability of a business, that doesn’t understand the dynamics of CCW, post a sign saying NO WEAPONS ALLOWED, and thereby leaving the innocent, and the capable from defending themselves.
The anti-gun people will scream something needs to be done about these weapons. I foresee legislation to increase in the age to 21 for ANY firearm purchase. As it is now, at age 18 you can buy a rifle or shotgun. I also foresee the Democrat controlled congress to bring the dreaded McCarthy Assault Weapons Ban(H.R. 1022) to the table for consideration and passage, and then all hell will break loose in the campaign.
For those of you who do not know what this bill is about check this link. H.R. 1022
The premise is to eliminate just about any weapon that is semi-automatic, be it rifle or shotgun, any magazine of 10 rounds or more, and the controlled transfer of any of the listed ‘assault weapons’
Now, why is this my biggest fear?
President George W. Bush promised Congress he would sign this legislation if it ever came to his desk. He said that with a Republican controlled Congress knowing it would never happen, but we are not in 2001, we are in 2007, a national campaign in progress, and a Democrat controlled Congress.
It is now a matter of time when we see this legislation come to pass, gun-shows will become extinct, and prices on 'assault weapons' will skyrocket again. Prepare to be swamped with ads and articles calling for this legilation
What will not happen is the look into the pharmaceuticals that have contributed to the problem of these troubled young men. Prozac , Paxil , and other Anti-Depressants have been incidental in these shootings since Columbine, yet NO ONE has called for more control over the dispensing of these drugs on our young. It’s the catch all of the psychiatric care of our children.
This is where we need to bring the discussion, and away from the firearm issue. It will do us all well to learn more about what the drugs dispensed to tour kids will do to them now, and in the future
Prepare yourselves my FRiends, there is a new storm coming.
If there is some perp trying to kill people, I will not have time to question his upbringing or motivation, all I will have time for is putting rounds out and stopping an attack.
Do I expect to have this happen? Of course not, but a prudent man(or woman) armed to defend themselves or others is by far better prepared than someone who can't find a place to hide, and becomes instead, a victim.
egad, what’s with all the optics?
You’re confusing apples and oranges. Fights come to people who are looking for them.
I have CCW weapons for all seasons, from NAA minis to the big bore 625, it just depends on the weather and where I'm going for the day or evening.
I believe EVERY woman should learn to shoot a handgun and carry. My older daughters carry, and my 16 year old already has hers picked out.
Good points, and WELCOME to FreeRepublic.
“Hopefully someone will sue the mall out of existance for preventing them from defending their life.”
This is a point that needs to be hammered hammered hammered! If a private business takes away one’s capability of self-defense, it should provide “security.” It would end up costing less for a business to waive responsibility for protecting its customers than to provide security and still be liable for the performance of that security.
WHERE WERE THE SHEEPDOGS!?!?!
It’s too soon, and Mitt Romney hasn’t finished his speech about his Mormonism. Where are your priorities?
Michael Frazier
The Hildebeast will pounce on this like a flea on a sheepdog........
Bullbleep. Lots of CCW holders have "that attitude". There is ZERO evidence to support the notion that they "attract violence". If anything, the EVIDENCE shows the opposite, as with the passage of CCW, violent crime has gone DOWN in every state where it has been passed.
I really feel sorry for people who sit in their ivory towers and preach about something they have no idea about.
Bovine excrement.
I’m glad that sort of thing doesn’t exist in GA CCW law.
From some of the posts from NB freepers on this mall story, the NB CCW law is pretty useless. Whole cities can opt out of allowing CCW, and often do, as well as businesses like that mall.
That’s got to be the dumbest thing I’ve read today.
I, too, carry everywhere it’s not against the law and I avoid those businesses that post “no gun” signs whenever I can. When I must frequent a business that posts such a sign, well, it’s called Concealed Carry for a reason.
Michael Frazier
Good post.
But, they aren't going to say it publicly
I would if I were asked, or even if I weren’t I say it to anybody who ventured an inquiry of the situation...........
I don’t think it’s going to happen.
We now have plenty of hard evidence that most gun control laws don’t work and that “gun free zones” are lunatic magnets.
Quote for you:
After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it."
— William Burroughs, 1992
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