The Associated Press reports:
BEMIDJI, Minn. - A high school student went on a shooting rampage on an Indian reservation Monday, killing his grandparents at their home and then seven people at his school, grinning and waving as he fired, authorities and witnesses said. The suspect apparently killed himself after exchanging gunfire with police.If this kid had driven the family car into a crowd of people, we wouldn't be hearing calls to ban cars.
And if he had stabbed his victims, no one would demand a crackdown on knives. (Actually, maybe they would.)
But because he used guns, you can look forward to a barrage of rants claiming that these killings demonstrate why America needs strict limits on gun ownership.
In what other siutation are the actions of a mentally deranged teenager held up as a reason to curtail the rights that all Americans enjoy?
3 comments:
We might be safe. Looks like he was using a police issue gun.
So, until the left starts calling for us to keep guns out of the hands of cops, we might be ok.
Speaking of which, what are gun laws like in Japan?
Posted by Brian
About the police issue gun, you're assuming gun control advocates are motivated by reason, not passion.
Japan's gun laws can essentially be summed up as, "Yeah, right". Even Olympic target shooters have to keep their guns locked up at a separate location and only take them out when they go there to practice (so I've heard).
Doesn't stop the Yakuza and the Chinese gangs, though.
Posted by GaijinBiker
congrast just saw you up one the "Carnival of Cordite #6"
http://gullyborg.typepad.com/weblog_archive/2005/03/carnival_of_cor_2.html
it is down near the bottom
Posted by cubicle
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