Guns and Safety
Posted By Ardellis on April 19, 2007
I am, and always have been, in favor of gun control. My grandfather was a cop. Having a licensing system in place is simply a good idea. No one should be allowed to buy a gun who can’t prove that s/he knows how to handle it properly. Keep it clean. Store it safely. Use it with a minimum amount of competence. You know, to prevent tragic accidents.
My grandfather was also a hunter. I saw his guns all the time. They were safely locked up in a gun cabinet, which was never opened in my presence. This was a very good thing indeed.
Would better gun control have prevented what happened at Virginia Tech? I don’t know. I suspect that Cho Seung-Hui would have found another means to play out his mad revenge scheme if he couldn’t buy those handguns. The truly determined usually do.
Here’s the unpleasant truth: we will never be completely safe. It’s simply not possible. There are violent crazy people out there in the world who do terrible things to others. And if they’re crazy enough, nothing and no one is going to stop them. This is the reality of human society. Sad but true.
Unreal! I actually agree with you here. I never thought in a million years that we would agree on anything.
I’m full of surprises, eh?