Scarcely a day has passed since the murders at Virginia Tech and already all sorts of people are drawing all sorts of conclusions.
Wondering About the Virginia Tech Killings
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But the converse is just as dumb Steph. A lot of pro-gun types are making the argument that if there were only more guns that this would have been prevented. That could be true that the amount of deaths could have been mitigated but there is also the chance that more of these incidents might occur.
I generally agree that its hard to draw logical conclusions from such an outlier case as this but it seems to me that people on both sides of issues are trying to use this to their idealogical advantage.
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But the converse is just as dumb Steph. A lot of pro-gun types are making the argument that if there were only more guns that this would have been prevented. That could be true that the amount of deaths could have been mitigated but there is also the chance that more of these incidents might occur.
If even a small fraction of those college students were to carry a gun every day, I would imagine the number of heat-of-the-moment single victim homicides would be more than 32 during the school’s history. Sane people, when irritated, often assault strangers, run them off the road, or threaten them with whatever solid object is within reach. I don’t want those people carrying guns.
I do, however, assume that if someone is really that angry, that they’re going to want to create maxiumum damage. Being killed after one shot doesn’t seem the way there, if you catch my drift.
People who are angry don’t care about creating maximum damage, that is a calculated desire, something that is formulated by calm people. Angry people lash out at whatever is convenient and dramatic, it doesn’t matter if it’s 1 person or 31.
