Feel Safe or Be Safe

Feel Safe or Be Safe, the Choice is Yours.

One small madman with two handguns was able to kill 32 innocent people. Some of the students who fled were licensed gun owners, some with concealed-carry permits. None had their guns with them because Virginia Tech is a “Gun-Free School Zone” except of course for the two handguns in the hands of the murderer.
A student had been disciplined the year before for bringing his gun onto school property. If only that student had been armed and present in Norris Hall Monday morning this terrible attack could have been cut short. Since the second amendment gives American citizens the “right to bear arms” gun free school zones have been challenged as unconstitutional.
Last January a bill that would have disallowed schools like Virginia Tech from disarming law abiding citizens was up for a vote. The Virginia General Assembly chose not to pass that bill. Larry Hincker is a spokesman for Virginia Tech and he made the following statement regarding that choice. "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly’s actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus." How safe do you think the parents, students and visitors feel now.
Gun control laws give us the illusion of safety and embolden criminals and mass murderers. This is most clearly displayed by the sharp increases in gun crime in England as private gun ownership was outlawed. Washington D.C. is another good example of how criminals react when they are confident their victims are unarmed and unable to properly defend themselves.
As Economics Professors John Lott and William Landes explained in their book, “The Bias Against Guns”, there is just one policy proven to reduce mass murders like this one. That policy is to enact concealed-carry laws. In their study of all public, multiple-victim shootings in this country from 1977 through 1999 states that allowed citizens to carry concealed handguns reduced these attacks by 60% and the death and injury from the attacks by almost 80%.
It is time to stop disarming law abiding citizens and to actually encourage Americans to take responsibility for their own safety. Look how terrible the Katrina crisis turned out because the people of New Orleans waited on government rather than taking action and evacuating as they knew they should.
We are about to have another gun debate in this country and the media is tuning up to sway the public toward more gun control. Stand up and demand your right to protect yourself, your home and your family. As the one person who cares most about your family and home you are the person best qualified to make decisions about protecting them.