Now for the finger-pointing that always follows tragedy. Within hours after the Virginia Tech shootings, before anybody knew the shooter’s identity, motives or methods, I was receiving emails from both sides of the political fence.
Of course, the Brady Group blames the “widespread availability and increased power” of modern arms for the massacre. Never mind that the weapons used were 9mm and .22lr handguns, both of which have been in existence for a century, and neither of which would generally be the choice of someone intent on mass murder. It’s easier to blame an inanimate object than it is a system that saw Hui’s mental problems and failed to act. The senseless deaths of 33 people are just another political springboard for these people, and it’s disgusting.
I fall on the side that believes the opposite view: had anyone on the scene been armed, this would have been prevented, or at least ameliorated. Continued...