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Joe the Plumber to Families of Isla Vista Victims: 'Your Dead Kids Don't Trump' the 2nd Amendment

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Dark_Falcon5/27/2014 8:22:08 pm PDT

re: #200 Bubblehead II

Lizards, maybe I AM NOT MAKING MY POINT CLEAR.

The point I am trying to make is that regardless of the law, in what ever country the perp is in. If (s)he wants to kill in large numbers, they will do so so. No law will stop them. It is a fact of life.

From the lone suicide bomber on Israeli bus to a rental trailer outside a Federal building, to a kid going on a rampage, they will do so. We can not stop them. They will find a way. Get used to it.

Some such people can be stopped, as was a school shooter quite recently. But as we just saw, strict gun control laws in California (which the Santa Barbara shooter did not evade) did not prevent the rampage. But overall, the killer’s parents and the Santa Barbara police reacted as they should have. And frankly, this killing spree could have happened in Texas just as easily, because despite what some pro-gun people say, concealed carry isn’t aimed at this sort of active shooter.

Yes, you read right. Concealed carry by civilians, like the 2nd Amendment in general, is about deterrence. However, deterrence only works if the foe is rational about your abilities. A rampage killer is not rational in that way, as the Santa Barbara shooter proved when he fired on police. That sort of killer is driven by frustration, rage, and hatred, and the only thing that stops them is the use of main force.