Does the Virginia Tech tragedy change your opinion on gun control?

Question

I saw this poll on the myfoxla.com website and thought it was interesting.

I'm a little confused though---- Does gun control mean that we want more restrictions on who can get a gun or does it mean we want less restrictions?

Please answer the initial question and provide any information you can give me to clarify. Thank you!

----------------------Survey Taken from the MyFoxLA.com Website----------------------

Does the Virginia Tech tragedy change your opinion on gun control?

Poll Results:
Yes, we need increased gun control 7.33%
Yes, we need less gun control 77.15%
No, it doesn't change my opinion either way 15.52%
Total number of votes: 2714

Answer 1

I think the government should stop stepping in on gun control, because whatever they do there will still be a huge amount of guns already in our system. Nothing is going to stop guns from being sold to retards because retards always find a way. What the government needs to do is find the retards before they get their hands on guns and show um WHY THIS COUNTRY DONT **** AROUND

Answer 2

Yes it will, but not in the way liberals want it to. -This is because gun control causes crime. Gun control has never worked anywhere so why cite it as a solution? Gun control is for Stalin and Hitler, not free Americans. I think it was a tragedy first and foremost and my thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families. The killer alone caused the crime, but the high number of victims is directly caused by gun control. The Virginia Tech killer never registered his gun, so why cite registration as a solution? They were just sitting ducks with no way to defend themselves much like the victims of Colin Ferguson. Concealed-carry advocates warned us all long ago to expect tragedies like this as long as we have gun control. When only criminals have guns the rest of us can only ponder tactics like "notifications." Up to two million Americans defend themselves with guns and citizens with guns legally kill two times as many would-be killers as do police! In a state where concealed-carry is allowed or promoted, the loss of life could have been much less. He may have shot one or two, but a concealed-carrier would have dispatched him right quick. Sadly there is no way to prevent a killer with a gun. In tribal Africa where there are no manufactured guns, tribesman make them from pipes and rubber-bands so clearly gun control is not the answer. You can make a gun out of wood in an hour! He could have stabbed just as many with a knife. Since you will never stop the OFFENSE, we must allow ourselves a DEFENSE. We are not all of one culture anymore, so violence will only increase. HB 1572 was a Virginia state bill to allow college students to carry arms on campus to protect themselves from tragedies like what happened at Virginia Tech. The bill was defeated The spokesman for Virginia Tech was happy to hear the bill [HB 1572] was defeated. "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus." The fact is NOT passing the bill allowing students to defend themselves caused many more deaths. States that pass concealed-carry laws experience lower crime rates, Texas is a good example of this. The only way to prevent these killing rampages is concealed-carry. Would you rather protect yourself or wait for the folly of police or school "notification?”

Answer 3

Not much. That depends on which state you are talking about. California & NYC are too strict. but Vermont & Alaska are too lax.

It bothers me that a man who was determined to be "a danger to himself or others" was allowed to get a gun. There were warning signs going off all over the place that this guy was a ticking time-bomb. He should have not been able to get a gun so easily.

But I am in favor of safe, law-abiding citizens being allowed to carry a gun. If one of the teachers or other students had a gun, the death toll would be greatly reduced. http://www.gunownersalliance.com/hupp-10.htm

Answer 4

Gun control is an umbrella term used to discribe the level of restrictions on firearms.

Answer 5

this situation is very upsetting, but no it does not change my opinion on gun controll. it dows however change my opinion on "national security" if the students would have been notified about the 1st shooting in a more effictive manner then there probably wouldn't have been as nearly many deaths.

Answer 6

no we don't need gun control we need stronger rules on who can have them, the killer was crazy, he should have had a mental evaluation before he was even sold a gun or to even get a permit.

Answer 7

No, because people will always be able to get guns no matter how you ban them. We need to get to the source of the problem. CRAZY PEOPLE who are let loose and ignored.

Answer 8

gun control- always use two hands, breathe, sight in and use a slow steady squeeze. BAM the shot is fired and if you used good gun control you should hit what your aiming at.

Answer 9

No. My position didn't change. It's wrong to let your emotional response to a tragedy change your political philosophy.

Answer 10

no we need less gun control