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I find the knee jerk, “don’t let a good tragedy go to waste”, mentality quite disturbing. I personally place the blame on three things: First and foremost, the piece of crap that did this; Second the systematic breakdown of the family core; and thirdly, the lame stream media for sensationalizing these scumbags.
In 1994 Florida State University criminologist did a survey on Defensive use of a firearm and although I personally believe that the numbers are skewed/exaggerated due to sampling errors, I believe there is some truth to the matter. The study essentially says that there are 2.5 million self defense situations each year where a firearm was used in said defense (again probably exaggerated a bit.) Of those defensive situations, 91% resulted in no wounds or deaths i.e. a law abiding citizen produced a weapon which diffused the situation and potentially saved lives.
The question is: why are these incidents not being reported in the news? Answer: The lame stream media do not find them to be sensational enough and/or it goes against their political agendas. The sad part is that the sheeple out there blindly follow the media and believe that guns are evil and only used for bad. The sheeple don’t understand that guns are nothing more than a tool, a tool that can be used for good or evil and if left the unchecked, soon we will find that only evil people will have guns.
Some examples only to name a few:
Pearl, Mississippi where a vice principal of a school used a gun from his truck to stop a gunman.
Salt Lake City, Utah where an off duty cop managed to pin down a gunman until backup arrived at a mall.
Colorado, where a parishioner of a mega church who has a CC license took out a gunman who had already killed two (or three) before he could cause more carnage.
Appalachian Law School, where two students held a would-be gunman at gun point, stopping a murderous spree.
Early, Texas, a good Samaritan is credited for saving the life of a police officer after taking aim at the bad guy that had the officer pinned down under fire.
The point is, guns in the hands of law abiding citizens save lives. Gun free zones put innocent lives at risk. Does the lame stream media report this?... NO. Why, because they have their own agenda. My knee jerk reaction is to train and arm teachers and eliminate gun free killing zones.
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