After the VT massacre what is your opinion on gun control?

Question

no right or wrong answer... just wondering what others think.

Answer 1

If this is another crap question about the shootings........

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/appalachian...

Read what happens when there are more guns...Not less..
THREE people verses THIRTY THREE.....

The shooting
On January 16, 2002, Peter Odighizuwa, 43, a student at Appalachian School of Law from Nigeria, arrived on the campus. [1] While numerous reports stated that Odighizuwa had flunked out of school or had been suspended, Jeremy Davis, a dean and professor of law at the school, later said that Odighizuwa had withdrawn voluntarily due to poor academic performance.[2]

Odighizuwa first discussed his academic problems with professor Dale Rubin, where he reportedly told Rubin to pray for him.[3] Odighizuwa then walked to the offices of Dean Anthony Sutin and Professor Thomas Blackwell, where he opened fire on them with a .380 ACP semi-automatic handgun. According to a county coroner, powder burns indicated that both victims were shot at point blank range.[4] Also killed along with the two faculty members was a student, Angela Denise Dales, age 33. Three other people were wounded.


[edit] Armed students subdued the shooter
When Odighizuwa exited the building where the shooting took place, he was approached by two students with personal firearms.[5]

At the first sound of gunfire, fellow students Tracy Bridges and Mikael Gross, unbeknownst to each other, ran to their vehicles to fetch their personally owned firearms.[6] Gross, a police officer with the Grifton Police Department in his home state of North Carolina, retrieved a bulletproof vest and a 9 mm pistol.[7] Bridges pulled his .357 Magnum pistol from beneath the driver's seat of his Chevy Tahoe. As Bridges later told the Richmond Times Dispatch, he was prepared to shoot to kill.[8]

Bridges and Gross approached Odighizuwa from different angles, with Bridges yelling at Odighizuwa to drop his gun.[9] Odighizuwa then dropped his firearm and was subdued by several other unarmed students.[10] Once Odighizuwa was securely held down, Gross went back to his vehicle and retrieved handcuffs to detain Odighizuwa until police could arrive.

Police reports later noted that two empty eight round magazines designed for Odighizuwa’s handgun were recovered. While some sources report that when Odighizuwa dropped his handgun, it still had a magazine holding three rounds of ammunition within it[11], other sources state that he dropped the gun only when the magazine was empty.[12]

Answer 2

i was think well the people do have rights to bear arms. but some people just don't deserve to get a gun. After this i think it will be much harder to get a gun. As for the part where you can get a gun at like a department store. That's not right!! I think there should be more background checks and many other safety measures. So the gun doesn't fall into the wrong hands like it did in this case.

And also I GIVE MY SYMPATHY TO ALL YOU ARE NOT LONGER WITH US AND THE GRIEVING FAMILY'S! GOD BLESS THEM ALL.

Answer 3

It hasn't changed my opinion. Criminals are going to get weapons no matter what the restrictions are on the laws. Any more "control" laws just punishes those who want them for personal protection. If anything, I think more states should allow people to carry a gun for personal protection. I'm in self defense at college right now, and the only thing that will protect you from a gun, is a gun. The class changed my persepctive on guns and after Monday's tragedy, I wish I could carry one to school.

Answer 4

Its so hard when you give a gun to someone you can't expect them all to act responsible...I am kindof leaning toward Canada where there is no guns allowed but then again how do you take them away from the thugs...you don't the ones that would be harmed would be the everyday citizen...so gun control isn't possible in the US.

Answer 5

guns don't kill people people kill people-
when a society enforces a control on something like guns it only punishes the people who are obeying the law. Illegal guns are about as difficult to buy as a minor buying beer.Harsher punishment for lawbreakers is a more logical aspect.-example the 3 strikes law.

Answer 6

Same as before. If somebody wants to kill a bunch of people, they'll find a way. If they don't have a gun, they might use their car, or anything else for that matter.

Answer 7

I say it's not really the topic, there's no way to really and truely stop a crazy person that has problems from doing something like this. They will find a way to get around all the laws and kill people anyway.................