[marktwain]

A worthwhile editorial.

[Ken522]

Twelve minutes ... “When seconds count, the police are only twelve minutes away!”

[arthurus]

Mr. Valentino doesn’t really get the point about armed citizens. When it is known that people in a school or a restaurant may well be armed, and that in a large group of people, the sort of group that attracts crazies intent on dying in a blaze of murderous glory, it is probable that one or more people are armed, the choice to try for mass murder is not made. It is not worth the effort if one thinks he might be able to only to get off a shot or two before being ignominiously shot down by an armed citizen. The prevention of these shooting sprees by the existence of carry laws will probably never be demonstrated because it is hard to see the decision to not shoot people.

[wolfcreek]

Kudos to Suzanna Hupp. A true Texas woman.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Hupp

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Here’s the video of Suzanne Hupp testifying before congress.

http://www.washingtonceasefire.com/content/view/23/35/

Just one final statement.
I’ve been sitting here getting more and more fed up with all of this talk about these, pieces of machinery, having no legitimate sporting purpose, no legitimate hunting purpose, people, that is not the point of the second amendment!
The second amendment is not about duck hunting, and I know I’m not going to make very many friends saying this, but it’s about our right, all of our right to be able to protect our selves from all of you guys up there.
And nobody’s talked about that.

Dr. Suzanna Gratia, Killeen massacre survivor who watched as her parents were murdered because she obeyed Texas law and left her handgun locked in her car. Appearing before Rep Schumer’s committee hearings on the assault weapons ban

[mathluv]

A friend’s husband had just left Luby’s. A work colleague of hers was one of those killed.

[mountainbunny]

A worthwhile editorial.

Indeed. Thank you for posting it.

Suzanne Hupp did a segment on Penn & Teller's Bullsh*t! about gun control and her experiences. She was succinct, persuasive, and her testimony was (and is) very moving.

You can find it by going to Google Video *pops* and searching for "Penn and Teller Bull Sh*t Gun Control" without the quotes and with the "i" added back in place of the asterisk.

It is well worth the few minutes to watch, IMO.