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can be laid at the feet of overzealous authorities many of whom have succumbed to the modern hysteria of the gun control impulse in which the very possession of a gun by a citizen is perceived as a threat and little or no attempt at making distinctions are made. The fact is guns are used millions of times annually to legitimately protect life and limb by law abiding citizens who have more than proven their level headedness in possessing and handling an instrument of life and death, including this one. br> -- Mark Shepler br> Jupiter, Florida /p>

"The campus police said that the probability would have been high that anyone emerging from a classroom...holding a gun would have been shot."

Quick, someone tell the FBI, Customs, DEA, police detectives, and other plain clothes officers to disarm -- to prevent being shot by a trigger happy campus cop.

p>Mr. VerBruggen is right on all points, and to that, one may add that the fantasy of the Cho's of the world is to dominate and control other people before committing suicide. The prospect of a would be victim not playing along and putting an end to the attempted domination, would be their worst nightmare. That prospect alone would be enough to discourage these rampages. That is why they uniformly occur where victims are prohibited the means to fight back. Before his death, one is certain that Mr. Cho would have endorsed a Virginia Tech style report as perfectly fitting in with his plans. The universities provide the victims, the Cho's provide the murder, and a law-abiding gun collector in Omaha takes the rap. br> -- D. Lewis br> Nashville, Tennessee /p>

The Virginia Tech panel's report states, "the possibility of accidental or mistaken shootings would have increased significantly" if concealed carry permit holders could have carried defensive weapons. Better I guess that 32 people be murdered on purpose than 1 'accidental or mistaken shooting' occur.

And "The campus police said that the probability would have been high that anyone emerging from a classroom... holding a gun would have been shot." Again, I presume it's more honorable to have only your head to hold in your hands before being shot.

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