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Virginia Tech one year later

It has been exactly one year since a mentally ill student killed 32 people and himself in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S.... more

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We Need To Control Guns In This Country

We definately need to control guns in this country. Its amazing that in Canada every family owns a gun. Yet the murder rate is... more

Ro_Lew
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Colleges = Therapy?

Since the Virginia Tech shooting, more colleges will be assessing student mental health, hoping to catch any signs of violence... more

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Jason Piatt, Virginia Tech, April 2008

Current asked me to do a follow-up to the video I made last year. I didn't really know what they were expecting, but here it... more

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"YES" to CCW on Campus Discussion

Here are my thoughts in support of Students for Concealed Carry

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The real victims of Gun Free Zones

Disarming Law Abiding American Citizens in so-called "Gun Free Zones" does not make anyone safe. Calling a Zone... more

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Denying means to exercise a right is denying the right itself.

I question how people can honestly want to deny people the means with which to protect themselves.

Personal accounts of many school shootings, such as those at Columbine or Virginia Tech, as I recall, detail how the active shooter(s) shot students hiding under tables, much like how young students were told to protect themselves in the event of a nuclear attack during the World War II era.

Hiding under a desk does not protect you from the psychopathic rage of an active shooter. The shooter may be mentally unstable, but he can still see you, and he can, and will, shoot you.

Many of the students murdered at VT were 21 years old or older, meaning that they could have legally carried a concealed weapon. Oh, wait--no they can't--it's against VT's rules to carry anything that can be used as a weapon on campus property.

I fully understand that everyone views pacifists as having the moral high ground, but then again, thousands of pacifists have been slaughtered throughout human history. It's called genocide.

The Dalai Lama, a person known for his pacifists views once said, "If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." Mahatma Ghandi, another known pacifist, also said, "Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest."

Law abiding citizens of the United States should be allowed to carry a concealed weapon on any and all public property, including public universities. They are paid for, in part, by my tax dollars. Why should I be penalized and have my Second Amendment rights restricted because of criminal behavior? I'm not a criminal.

If you deny a college citizen his or her Constitutional right to bear arms for the purpose of self defense, you are creating a victim for a criminal who won't care in the slightest what the rules or applicable laws are for campus property. If they did, they wouldn't be committing murder in the first place.

Denying the means with which to exercise a right is denying the right itself.I question how people can honestly want to deny people the means with which to protect themselves. Personal accounts of many... more