Knee Jerk Reaction

The last 24 hours have been loaded with stories of violence.

Nutjobs in Alabama and Germany who decide the world is against them and want to seek revenge.

The problem is that whenever these incidents happen the immediate knee-jerk reaction of the uneducated masses is to jump up about more gun control.

However, a reasoned examination of those who resort to these horrendous actions would never be stopped by punishing law-abiding gun owners. Quite frankly, less gun control could potentially stop many of these incidents prior to the horrific ends.

Look at Virginia Tech and NIU. One student or professor, properly equipped to protect themselves and others, could have saved so many lives.

Or look at Maryville, Illinois on Sunday morning. We know two things about that morning: 1) Illinois gun control laws did nothing to stop a seriously disturbed man from walking into Sunday services at a church and shooting the pastor, and 2) Illinois' draconian ban on law-abiding citizens having the means to protect themselves and others ensured that no one in the church on Sunday was able to save the life of Rev. Fred Winters.


So fight the knee-jerk and show that the Country still has some sense. Go to this article and on the right hand side, there is a poll on whether there should be more gun control.

h/t to Sebastian at Snowflakes in Hell for the poll question.

Jennifer cites many of the same thing I do and does a great job of making the point I was going for.