Virginia Tech and CNN special report

Ok, everybody wants to hear my opinions so here I go on my latest piss off! I just watched a CNN show called Investigative Report about the Virginia Tech massacre. Albeit, I am saddened by the events that took place, I am outraged at the media coverage! Every damn anti-gun clown on the continent is coming out of the closet to lobby against guns and they all want to take away our 2nd Amendment rights. They reported that the young man who shot all those people on the VT campus would not have been able to proceed with his agenda had he not been able to buy that gun. Not true! If he had not been able to buy that gun, his demented mental state would have pushed him to buy a firearm off the street right along with all the rest of the criminals in our country and around the world.
By having a well armed society of mostly law abiding citizens who wish to protect their families and property from the criminal element, we exist in a state of deterrance. This is what we had with the Soviet Union during the cold war that kept us from blowing ourselves off the planet. Deterrance is the act of keeping the other at bay by the inference of having a superior weapon or defensive system in place and not being afraid to use it. Right now in many countries around the world and in many states right here at home we have right-to-carry laws whereas law abiding citizens can be trained and permitted to carry a concealed weapon on their person in public and in our vehicles. Sound scary? The criminals think so too. Thats the point. If someone wants what you have or thinks he can break into your home and rob you, rape you and kill you to get what he wants, he will think twice before doing it if the probability is high that you might be armed inside and he could wind up getting his own ass shot off in the process. This is deterrance on the homeland front.
By voting for anti-gun legislators and condoning the gun control lobby that want to take away our guns and our 2nd Amendment rights, you are opening the door to the criminals because they will end up being the only ones armed in our country besides the cops and the military, the cops of which are underpaid, undermanned and underarmed. They are not equipped to protect and serve us all in a timely fashion to avoid a tragedy.
Riddle me this batman: How far would the VT gunman had gotten if only one of his victims were permitted to carry a concealed weapon and was at the time? We would be having a hero's parade in Virginia and possibly 29 less funerals.
Now, imagine this. During this killing spree, what if a citizen saw the killer walking across campus carrying his weapon and the news of there having been a shooting was already out? If this person was of the character to possess a firearm in his home and declared that he wasnt going to let this murderer get away, how would things have turned out then? Is it possible that the person would attempt to detain the killer? Maybe. Would he risk his own life to save others by trying to detain him? Maybe not. Would someone coming along with a gun of their own to detain him distract him from his course? Possibly. Is there someone out there with a permit and a gun and having found himself in the position to make a difference actually put himself out there and shoot the killer? Is it possible that an innocent person could get shot instead? Always. But these thoughts are what can keep the criminal from doing the crime. He himself does not know who is out there that can foil his plan or take him down. I'm not talking about vigilanteism. Just citizens who are equipped to come to the rescue in an obvious situation or protect themselves in like kind against someone intent on hurting them or taking their life or the lives of their loved ones. As long as the criminals have access to undocumented firearms, we the people must have legal access to guns as well. Without our 2nd Amendment rights, we could all carry knives, which most of us do anyway. But, have you ever heard the saying, "Why would you bring a knife to a gunfight?"
The side with the most effective weapon will prevail. This is the first tenet of war. If we the American public expect to win the war against crime, we must be armed better than they are. If we let congress use every tragic event as an excuse to strip us of our 2nd Amendment rights and take away our guns and our ability to purchase them legally, we will be surrendering to the criminals and gangs. But, in actuality, we too will become the same as the criminal because my ass will be down there in the back alley looking for my next gun to replace the ones my wonderful government took away from me. I will always have the means to protect my family no matter what it takes.
In states that have right-to-carry laws there has already been a drastic reduction in violent crime. Criminals are getting shot and found later in hospitals and some just bleed to death. But people are saving their own lives because they have the means to fight back effectively. There have been numerous reports of police officers in standoff situations with criminals whereas armed citizens have come to aid the officer and help effect the arrest of the criminal. What higher honor could a citizen in our great land have than to be able to aid a peace officer take down a violent offender by bringing the tide of change to the odds at hand? Just another example of how most law enforcement communities are undermanned and underarmed and how one armed citizen made a difference in a situation where backup was not imminent. In that instance what was the driving factor that led the criminal to surrender? Deterrance. Just the knowledge that he was outgunned made him put his weapon down and give up otherwise he was more than willing to keep shooting it out with the cop.
We all have to work together to fight crime and protect ourselves, our families and communities from the criminal elements that exist.
My cousins oldest son knows what it is to be confronted with a potentially life threatening situation. Thank God the guns they had were only toys with the orange tips removed. But at the time he didnt know any different. And those boys were too young and stupid to even think of the what ifs. What if her son enjoyed outdoor sporting? What if he was a gun owner? What if he just looked like a kid but in fact was a 21 yr old adult? And what if in addition to that he was also permitted to carry a concealed weapon and was at the time? What would they do when confronted with a real gun being put in their face? If they had their brains attached to their asses when they were about to confront him over a damn ipod they may have thought twice before risking their lives for it. If all the criminals in our country had this mind set, we would see a dramatic reduction in violent crime in our country, cities, communities and homes, on the playgrounds and in the parks. It all wouldnt disappear overnight, but the majority of it would go away fairly quickly. The small time isolated incident stuff. Then we could concentrate on the bigger fish. By "we" I am referring to our men in uniform. "The Blue." They would be able to work the big problem while just as a result of things being the way they are on the civilian front, the small time crap wouldnt exist as prevalently.
Ok, I'm done venting now, but this is a real issue. Crime of the nature that we need to fix is real. Having a well armed public is a necessity. What happened in Virginia is a tragedy of exponential proportions when you consider the accessibility of firearms on the black market to the criminal likely to effect such an agenda. Deterrance is the only way to fight it from a personal point of view. As a citizen, you and we all have the right to carry and bear arms, not just as a nation against another nation by order of the commander in chief, but on a lower level as a citizen and person who respects life and liberty against the criminal elements that do not. Dont let your government take this right away from you. That is what they want to do. They can only see cutting the head off to spite the nose. You need to write and call your congressman, senator and state governor and tell them to oppose any anti-gun or gun control legislation and explain that you need them to commit instead to the eradication and confiscation of illegal arms smuggling, to effectively take these undocumented weapons off the streets and to find ways to disarm the criminals rather than the law abiding public. Without deterrance, we have no defence against them.