Posted on 12/14/2007 1:09:55 PM PST by NonZeroSum
December 14th, 2007
COLORADO SPRINGS (APUPI) As a mass memorial service was held today for the seventy-three victims of the massacre at the New Life Church, one of the largest such grim tolls in the nations' history, gun-control advocates pointed out the continuing folly of allowing civilians access to pistols and assault weapons.
"This never would have happened had Matthew Murray not been able to get his hands on those weapons, " said Sarah Brady, head of Handgun Control, Incorporated. "He had two handguns, an assault rifle, and a thousand rounds of ammunition. Seventy-three people are dead now, because the NRA continues to block reasonable gun-control measures."
With Sunday's slaughter still fresh in the minds of many, she pointed out that now was the time to end such incidents once and for all, with effective laws against both handguns and assault weapons.
The toll was horrific for the church, which lost not only many parishioners, but its senior pastor, Brady Boyd. Also killed was Jeanne Assam, one of the church's security guards. She had bravely stood up and warned the gunman as he entered the building after killing two girls in the parking lot, and pointed out the "gun-free zone" sign at the church entrance. However, she herself was unarmed, per church policy, and was shot down before Murray went on to shoot numerous others behind her.
Some have made the controversial suggestion that the death toll might have been lower had Ms. Assam been allowed to carry a firearm herself, something which, as a former police officer, she was well trained to do. In addition, she held a permit to legally carry a concealed weapon in Colorado. But the church rules, for obvious safety reasons, didn't allow weapons on the premises.
Mrs. Brady finds such suggestions dangerous and ludicrous. "What is a woman going to do with a handgun against a man with two pistols and an assault rifle?" she asked. "Adding more weapons to the mix would only have increased the carnage. What they needed was bigger letters on the sign."
[Copyright 2007 by Rand Simberg]
Ms Assam *demonstrated* effective gun control.
Gud control killed almost 3,000 Americans on 9/11.
If this wasn’t so damn scary, it might actually be funny. But this is where we’re headed if the citizenry of this country don’t get their collective heads out of their collective arses.
Noticed that too eh?...((;O)
See my tagline...
Ummm....Note to Sarah - it was a handgun that stopped the massacre! More guns = less massacres and more dead criminals.
Start by locking up Sarah Brady..
So I noticed!
A view from Colorado Springs: that is just outstanding. Best post I’ve seen in months, maybe years.
>>Why is that these gun control fanatics cannot see the stupidity of their reasoning?
They don’t want to.
I can’t believe some have fallen for this!
I started at the bottom and hit on yours. I thought, "No one could be stupid enough to miss the satire." Then I read up. Damn if some of the posts above don't prove you correct.
It’s not intended to be sarcastic, it’s intended to be ironic. There’s a difference.
A weapon in every pew, along with the song book and weekly newsletter.
Ms. Brady is like a vulture in a grave yard. She has no shame and is totally absorbed in what happened to her husband years ago. It apparently is all she lives for.
Why doesn;t she go somewhere with effective gun control to live is that is so important to her? I suggest North Korea.
After reading some of the responses to this post I can understand the support for Creationism and ID that I see here from time to time.
Why she would 'cap his a$$ Fur Shur, and that's exactly what happened at the other location.
This Brady gal is off her nut.
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I wonder what Rudy and Mitt have to say?
gun control == liberal. Works every time it’s tried. Try it out for yourself on your liberal friends.
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