Obligatory Mass Murder Gun Control Discussion

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Worst School Killing?

In today's predictably PC world, the aftermath of any tragic shooting spree must include a re-examination of our gun control laws. You know the liberal drill: "The medicine isn't working, we need to take more!" I'll get back to this in a minute.

The media is noting that the Virginia Tech massacre on Monday is the very worst school killing ever in America since Charles Whitman went nuts on the Texas Tower. The media bias against the Second Amendment shows clearly in this assertion. The fact is, the 1927 Bath, Michigan school killings had a death toll of 45 with 58 injured. So why doesn't Andrew Kehoe, the Bath killer, get any mention? Kehoe didn't use a firearm! He blew up the school with a bomb. No gun control mileage here. Into the wastebasket of history goes the Bath School tragedy. No useful purpose. [The Jawa Report and Michelle Malkin have picked up on this theme.]

Back to the gun control discussion which the nation must endure after every single crime committed with a firearm that results in the death of white kids. How can we subvert the second Amendment? You know where I stand on the issue. Guns don't kill people any more than automobiles kill people.

Here is what a few other blogs I read are saying:

David Codrea at The War on Guns has two posts so far. I liked Imagine if Students Were Armed the best.
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Jeff Soyer at Alphecca also has two posts. Read about John McCain's very interesting comments on the matter.
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Joe's Crabby Shack, a blog that grows on you, has so much to say that is worth reading I will just give a general link for now. I count four related posts already.
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From Canada: gnotalex at the blog quebecois notes that the Canuck CBC has already blamed George Bush for the deaths.
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Nicki at the Liberty Zone is also weighing in with multiple posts warning that, "calls for the repeal of the Second Amendment have already started."
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Michelle Malkin has also made several Virginia Tech related posts. I like this one because it mentions a ugly new face on the scene Rev. Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church devil skunks will be intruding upon the tragedy.
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Gateway Pundit likewise has several posts of Va. Tech stuff, including a video of student reactions.
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Wizbang has some good posts on the shootings. I recommend this one on on "Lessons to be learned".
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Even beatnik kook blogger Sir Prize is calling it a "Black Day".
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Iowa Voice reports that their new governor, Democrat Chet Culver, a Virginia Tech alum, has made the leap. Culver says the shootings raise "Gun issues".
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Angela lets us know it isn't just her Right to Free Speech she is willing to exercise. There is a nice discussion in the comments. I liked my comment so much I'm reiterating it here.

Lunatic control is what we chiefly need. Its simple when you think about it. But no system of lunatic control will ever be perfect, so nasty things like this will happen.

Same same, no gun control or ban system will ever be perfect. No matter how stringent the ban, nasty things like this will happen.

The world isn't perfect, and neither are the folks living in it. Would you rather live in an imperfect world with more freedom and liberty, or an imperfect world with less freedom and liberty?

I'll take my imperfect world with extra freedom and liberty, thank you very much.
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Grizzly Mama, ever concerned about her cubs, thinks schools are "soft targets".
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Ferdy the cat sagely urges patience. Unlike curiosity, jumping to conclusions and reacting with knee-jerk solutions is not cat-like.
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James Na at DPRK Studies blogs a story about Chos sister in the Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo: “Very Different Sister”.
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Vinnie (maybe its kyer?) best sums up my thoughts today with this post at Vince aut Morire:

The names of these poor souls don’t matter to those who immediately jumped at the opportunity to advocate curtailing our individual rights under the Constitution.

The anti-2nd Amendment crowd immediately launched a crusade, soon followed by the anti-1st Amendment “violent video games/movies/music” mafia.

Don’t bother getting outraged by what you’re going to hear over the next week or so from these people. It’s not worth the effort.

Pray for the victims and their families. That’s worth the effort.

The Virginia Tech victims aren't useful propaganda tools, they are dead and wounded and traumatized Americans with friends and families. Ignore the clamoring idiots. Put in a word to your 'higher power' for them.
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Nota bene: As school massacres go, the Mohammedan fanatics of the Beslan school unpleasantness hold the world record with over 300 killed. But, hey, the Beslan killers were freedom fighters.
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Here is my contribution to the Obligatory Gun Control Discussion: yet another poll. Lets see what you think. Jump in.

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Dr. Doe of the Jawa Report has found a hero. Professor Liviu Librescu laid down his life to save his students.
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Michelle Malkin wants to see the concept of self defense returned to the American culture: "Enough of intellectual disarmament. Enough of physical disarmament. You want a safer campus? It begins with renewing a culture of self-defense—mind, spirit, and body. It begins with two words: Fight back."