ANOTHER School Shooting - 5 Dead

[David]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I am unsure if carrying a handgun would protect a person in this instance. The victims likely had very little time (a few seconds) before they were shot. That is not enough to get out the gun, take aim, and fire. The would help though if you were barricaded in a classroom and the gunman was trying to get in.

If I can pack my own blast, I have a fighting chance some of the time. Otherwise, I'm nothing more than a duck in some sociopath's sights. In fact, more of a wingless duck.

The thought, however, of allowing all students and teachers to have guns on them on campus is more than a little jarring and, IMO, problematic. Students, the lot of them, are usually tempermental. It goes with the age and territory.

So a temperamental student goes wacko & uses his gun to shoot up a classroom. In that case, we have ... err ... PRECISELY WHAT WE HAVE NOW!

(Except that in this case the victims would have a fighting chance.)

Besides, legally allowing guns on campus (or elsewhere) doesn't necessarily mean that literally everyone is going to pack. Aren't there many of you here who, even if you were legally allowed to do so, would not carry a gun around with you? It would make an interesting Ledge Poll: How many of you, if legally allowed to do so, would pack heat in your daily lives?

In the end, I say again -- if you are going to some innocents because the world is unfair, etc. -- do us all a favor and kill yourself first.

Well, gee, yeah. But I hope I'll win the Lotto someday too.