The Ft. Hood murders...............

The following was a comment left on another article that I read earlier. The comment was so well said and made so much sense that I had to share it with others.

You can find the article here: http://www.fireandreamitchell.com/2009/11/05/mass-shooting-at-fort-hood-military-base-in-texas/ and please read for yourselves. 

Thanks.

"Some of you guys think for erroneous reasons, that removing guns from the general public is safer than letting them keep them. What a crock of crap! This shooting was as bad as it was because some military (or likely politician) idiot made the same dumb rule as many parts of the USA and that was to ban guns except in training exercises on the base. Whoever made THIS decision was the reason it was a masacre.

In Killeen many years earlier in a Luby’s cafeteria the same thing happened many years ago when a gunman went in there and started firing. Suzana gratia hupp a sitting representive who was there with her parents (who were both killed) and was licensed to carry, laid the blame where it should have been not on the gunman, but the politicians who said it was illegal for her to carry HER gun into the restaurant. Same thing goes for Fort Hood!

Every government take over of their civilian population was prefaced by removing the ability of the civilians to defend themselves. Every act of violence was propogated by the victim to be unable to defend themselves. You are in essense in saying it is better to be defenseless in a violent altercation than to have a way to defend yourself.

Personally I think we should FINE all you people for NOT carrying a gun! I have to hire a policeman to protect you (and in fact will just be there to investigate your death from the crime because he was not there when the crime was comitted), when in fact YOU should have protected yourself!

Everyone… should 1) go to a gun safety training program, 2) buy or be given a gun and a gun safe in which to store them when not on their person, 3) free training time at gun ranges to make sure you are proficient, 4) make it illegal NOT to carry a weapon unless given a government “permit” not too.

Crime would then PLUMIT because there would not be anymore victims for the slaughter. Stop your whining about guns. It is a precious gift to have the RIGHT to carry a gun."