Let me say, as God is my witness, if a total gun ban and confiscation of guns would end the madness, I would begrudgingly support such action. But it would not. History, and this tragic loss of life, proves it. Connecticut has some of the most restrictive gun control laws in the nation, and Adam Lanza broke them all with impunity. Among them: Not of legal age to own a firearm…had no license to carry a firearm…went to a public school while armed…broke into a "gun free" school (with new security measures, no less). Lanza also stole the legal, and registered, weapons from his mother… and committed murder, the most serious breach of law and human existence. (quoted from Mike Chambers, Dec. 18, 2012, Accuracy in Media.com)
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Chicago has very strict gun control and it is now the murder capital of the country. New York shows the same trend. Mexico has very strict gun control and look at their murder rate. Gun control works only if you are planning to take over a country. There are scores, if not hundreds, of compelling and credible studies that show criminals (and the deranged) ignore gun laws, prove police cannot be everywhere, and that armed, responsible, citizens can make the difference in such situations.
Let us follow Israel’s lead. When Islamic terrorists began killing students at "soft targets" such as the school Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva in 2008, teachers and staff were encouraged to become trained, armed security for their students. Israel's parents now pay an average of 20 dollars per student for an armed security guard, and according to some reports, staff are still encouraged to pack and carry. Soft targets are now hardened, and such attacks are rare to non-existent.
Our children are certainly as important as our material possessions, right? Well let's just look at where we do have armed security and don't even give it a thought:
Shopping malls and banks. Sporting events and rock concerts. Airports and train stations. Subways. Grocery stores. Warehouses and factories. Federal Government Buildings. Hospitals and Emergency Rooms everywhere. Rock stars, sports stars, and Rosie O'Donnell. Disney world and circuses. Truck weigh-stations on interstate highways . . . the list goes on and on. Don't you think we could at least consider funding a program that would provide a well trained teacher or retired cop or coach or janitor -- anybody professionally trained, ready, willing and able to carry a gun to protect our children and possibly prevent this type of thing from happening again? If we let it be known that our schools will no longer be gun-free soft targets for terrorists and nut-jobs, maybe our children will be as safe as our Hollywood celebrities, sports stars, and bankers.
Don't fall for the outrage and the fancy rhetoric! The liberal gun control advocates use any tragedy as an "opportunity" to further their agenda, slash away at our Constitution, and nibble away at our republic's freedom. With a well-armed citizenry, the Socialists can not grab total power. That's the way our Founding Fathers meant it to be.
Edmund Burke said it well: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
