12-16-2012, 01:23 AM
First of all, what happened in CT sickens me and there are no gun laws that would have stopped this senseless tragedy. As a former FFL holder and someone who owns mulitple firearms I find it interesting that gun violence increases whenever restrictions on gun ownership or carry laws are increased. It's like encourage more "bring a knife to a gunfight" scenarios.
Simply put, the mass shootings we continue to see are ALL in "gun free" zones where the shooter knows they can expect NO OPPOSITION. In the case of the shooter at the Oregon mall, after killing several with an assault rifle it jammed. As he was clearing the weapon, a patron with a conceal carry permit raised his weapon and upon the shooter seeing this, turned his rifle on himself, ending the siege and saving lives.
The intent of the 2nd Amendment isn't about home protection or protection from a single individual (though it works rather nicely in those cases), but rather it's about defending one's self from a government turned tyrannical, such as the Founding Fathers faced.
Denniger has some nice write-ups on this topic today (market-ticker.org) and are well worth the read. As he so nicely puts it, there's a reason these guys don't attack police stations...
Simply put, the mass shootings we continue to see are ALL in "gun free" zones where the shooter knows they can expect NO OPPOSITION. In the case of the shooter at the Oregon mall, after killing several with an assault rifle it jammed. As he was clearing the weapon, a patron with a conceal carry permit raised his weapon and upon the shooter seeing this, turned his rifle on himself, ending the siege and saving lives.
The intent of the 2nd Amendment isn't about home protection or protection from a single individual (though it works rather nicely in those cases), but rather it's about defending one's self from a government turned tyrannical, such as the Founding Fathers faced.
Denniger has some nice write-ups on this topic today (market-ticker.org) and are well worth the read. As he so nicely puts it, there's a reason these guys don't attack police stations...