What do you think may have happened at Virginia Tech if people w/permits were allowed to carry guns on campus?

Question

Fact: In the wake of the events at Virginia Tech, the right to carry on college campuses in some states may be on the horizon. http://concealedcampus.org/index.htm

Answer 1

The body count would have been a lot lower.
Have you noticed that these mass killings are ALWAYS on Gun Controlled areas? Schools, Universities and Amish communities - all places where the shooter knows no-one will shoot back.

Answer 2

This is my opinion: allowing guns on campus (or anywhere) sends a wrong message to young people -that problems should be solved with violence, especially since violence IS the problem. This terrible thing happened because 1) shooter's motive/problem- whatever it may be, 2) it's easy to get a gun if you want one and 3) no one saw this coming. Maybe students or professors with guns could have prevented what happened this time, by threatening/killing the shooter before he did anything, but it would surely set a perfect platform for other individuals who might try to do the same. Encouraging people to carry guns in schools would possibly prevent SOME incidents, but it would definitely create MORE of them. It's an evil circle. There are other ways to prevent this from happening. These kids dont just get up one morning and get an idea. This is something that grows slowly from an easily ignored thing, into a determined plan of a sick mind. Lets prevent this disease from spreading, and put a stop to gun culture, instead of "curing" it with more bullets. To conclude: guns are designed to kill. As long as these deadly weapons exist, the question isn't whether someone dies, but who dies and how many. "An eye for an eye, makes the whole world blind"- Gandhi

Answer 3

Greed gets you now where my friends. It is simple sociology within behavioralism and the human mind. When a person is caught off guard, they tend to act in ways not of themself and jepordise the lives of others. Whether you are the victim or the assassin-- even me for the matter, throw me in a situation not trained for (as in military), how would you react? The normal peson would pull out the gun, try to be the hero and shoot putting more at risk. Dont get me wrong, I am all for having guns, but I do know that human behavior within a situation like this is not good unless you have been trained, and even if trained, help to a higher degree. Also, with being allowed to carry weaponds, where else would you be allowed next? Will it ever end? Innocent people are gone, so is the shooter, Americans who never go to church will all of a sudden turn religious and pray, a new foundation will start, and benifits, while those on campus are given degrees even though they were failing-- it would be bad press to fail them even though they deserve it-- As for the suing-- that is the problem with people today. You get hurt and want compensation. Grow up, grow a pair and take it. Suing gets you now where. Lets say you do sue, you get 100k. I guarantee it will be gone within one year for people today are ignorant and know not what to do with money. Stupidity is the one who points the finger.

Answer 4

the body count would have been a little lower. case book police protection. How long did it take for second shooting to occur.
I have no pity for anyone whom fails to protech themselves and releys on the police. The police do not protect and serve. When was the last time a criminal broke a crime in front of a cop. The only reason there detective rate is so high on petty, is because there is a usual snitch.
For all you anti gun people, when some one commits a bad act on you, dial 911. Thats the most fast. Do not try to drag other innocent people in to be killed let the police do their job.
Me I am retired military, I did my time, now people squake about guns and immoral rights, anyone whom is getting killed next door, unless a friend, Im off duty, call you buddies the police. The service of prosecution

Answer 5

One of those armed students who was deranged might have killed 31 students and then himself with his legally acquired and possessed gun.
Oh I'm sorry that is what happened isn't it.

I'm not sure any of those students wanted to have a permit and gun. Did they? I didn't hear any of them complain about not being allowed a gun afterward. Don't you have to want a permit and gun?

Seriously, I think there's a good chance that Cho would have pulled off the caper anyway. Its quite possible also that having a bunch of armed students around would result in other shootings, crimes of passion, suicides accidents and tragedies....and it certainly isn't conducive to an educational atmosphere to know there are a bunch of loaded weapons in the room every hour of every day.

It's also possible that an armed student might have shot innocent people because he was panicked or unsure about what was going on, or jsut had poor aim. I noticed the cops disabled and apprehended a number of innocent people for that reason.

Answer 6

the problem I have with people that say, it still would have been a massacre because they would have shot everyone with a gun. Here's the problem, the victims that survived knew who it was that was shooting at them. They recognized that he was trying to kill people. Common sense would have said that the guy with the two guns pointing and shooting people that are running away from him with a vest filled with ammo is the one that is the assailant.

When cops go undercover and there ends up being a shootout, they don't end up killing each other because they mistook each other for the criminal. Even if this kid had been dressed in more plain clothes, people would have still been able to recognize him as the shooter

Answer 7

Virginia Tech should be sued by the victims families for not allowing permit-holding students and faculty to carry concealed on campus

The tradegy could have been avoided, or curtailed much earlier had the law-abiding victims been armed

Answer 8

we would have had a massacre
think if some one is shooting at you you shoot back
even if you dont know who is who , you could be shooting any one with a naked gun [let alone your stray bullets ,and ricochet
or do you just shoot any one that looks like a shooter hiding a gun
you have no idea of how many fools get shot every year just because they looked like a shooter
cops [even plain clothing cops shoot first then ask questions, all they have to say is he/she was armed [here is the gun] and for them its over , but you will be held to account for every fool you shoot ,wether you did or not]
worse they shoot you and the real shooter gets away because they ''caught the shooter''
if they check the ballistics they will have to hush it up
you got a gun but you got no brain

Answer 9

I am a pro-gun liberal. How am I going to protect myself against them reactionary conservative whackos?

Now for the question. No.

Answer 10

A lot fewer people would be dead.