I haven been around much since I’m new and recently I’ve had some computer issues, but I thought I would come over and see what was going on after Friday’s tragedy.
There is no real solution to the problem discussed. Of course the Left Wing Radical would like nothing more that to confiscate our guns. I knew as soon as I head of this tragedy that they would have even more ammunition (pun intended) to take away our guns. I also saw some of the Left Wing Radical Media’s propaganda last night. I knew it was coming.
Of course we know that the old saying that “Guns Don’t Kill People, People Kill People” I think that’s it or something to that effect. They will never get that through their thick heads. Then again that’s impossible, I guess.
I’ve always said that an individual with a Samurai Sword could have done as much killing before being taken down in all the shootings in the past including this one. These things are sold at Flea Markets and various places unregulated. I talked to one guy at a Flea Market I go to occasionally while looking for a sheath for my old hunting knife. He told me he had some that were expensive and specifically designed to take of a human head in one slice. Now who needs one of those?
Now, if a person trained in the use of these things were to perpetrate one of these killing sprees the result could be equal if not more. I know you might be thinking BS, but hang on I’ll explain. I’m sure some of you saw The last Samurai with Tom Cruise. Well, I saw Tom on Oprah after the release of the movie. She quizzed him on the training he had to go through to make the movie look real. He first told of the many hours he put in to learn how to wield the Samurai Swords. He told of the upper body strength required and how he built up his muscles in the process. He then put on a demonstration with not one, but two dummy wooden swords that weighed as much as a real one. It was incredible what he could do being an amateur more of less. I thought I could find it on YouTube, but I couldn’t. Look at some clips in the movie. That’s really him.
Now, put some crazy in the position with a couple of these swords. Untrained he could do some damage, but trained it could be disastrous. Then there is the story I read back in the spring. Google it I’m sure it’s out there. It told of 3500 Iranian women in Ninja training. I don’t exactly remember why, but I would bet the farm it wasn’t for exercise or whatever they claimed. After training all they would have to do is come to the US through our open door policy, go to any flea market and buy one of the above mentions swords and you can imagine the rest. So, guns aren’t the only threat. I hope I didn’t put an idea into a crazy’s head that reads this forum.
Now, let’s go back to the guns and the concealed carry. That’s a double edged sword (pun intended). The best policy would be as someone mentioned would to screen the people coming into a school as they do at an airport. Unfortunately, it’s probably not a feasible solution.
Now, put guns in the hands of a trained teacher. Being trained and having possession is only part of it. The real life situation plays in there real heavily. In a real fire fight none of us can say for sure what would happen. Oh, we might boast as to what we would do, but would it really happen as we think. The lead would be flying in two directions instead of one and how many innocent bystanders would be hit by the said teacher’s fire before and IF the perpetrator could be taken down by an armed teacher.
Then, there is the factor of the gunman having the draw, so to speak, on the said teacher. Would they be able to take down the perpetrator before being taken down. Then, would one of the other teachers that were also armed be able to come to the rescue without harming an innocent child or fellow teacher and not get shot themselves? Having a gun in this type situation might just do more harm than good. It would surely draw the first fire of the perpetrator.
Bottom line, I don’t know the solution any more than the rest of you, but there are several factors to be considered. Not taking away our guns.
A search and apprehend of crazies that might perpetrate one of these shootings would be more sensible, but that would be impossible. I don’t know that’s for sure.
