Hold On To Your Guns

In the wake of the Virginia Tech mass murder, the calls for stricter gun control laws are coming in fast and furious. Without getting into the weeds discussing the 2nd Amendment, my only question for the gun control crowd is: how would stricter gun control laws have prevented this mass murder? It is against the law to possess a firearm on the campus of Virginia Tech, yet that didn't stop this mad man from going on a killing spree.

It seems pretty clear to me that "gun free zones" merely create a shooting gallery of known, unarmed targets. No amount of gun laws can prevent a criminal from getting what he wants and using it in the commission of a crime. Gun laws only make it harder for law abiding citizens to defend themselves when necessary.

I have yet to read a story about a licensed, armed citizen going on a killing spree. However, there are pleny of stories of licensed, armed citizens stoping crimes in progress because they had the means to do so. However, none of this will stop the gun control crowd, because to them guns are the problem, not the maniacs who use them.