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February 21st, 2011 at 10:59 am
From the article:
Goddard was a student at Virginia Tech when he was shot four times in his French class. Student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people, including 10 in Goddard’s classroom, before shooting himself. Goddard dismisses the idea that another student with a gun could have stopped the killer.
“People tell me that if they would have been there, they would have shot that guy. That offends me,” Goddard said. “People want to be the hero, I understand that. They play video games and they think they understand the reality. It’s nothing like that.”
Really? I think someone needs to take him to a shooting range and meet normal people who are are avid shooters. He will find that guys who wish to be John Rambo make up a small percent of gun owners…probably even a smaller part of those who carry.
He is true that there are a lot of people who think there is a congruency between videogames and real life. In Halo I can shoot a sniper rifle while falling through the air and spinning like a top and it will shoot a perfectly straight line and be accurate at any distance. But, in my experience (correct me if I’m wrong) these people (generally) have not the expertise nor the ambition to get a firearm (but may have plenty of airsoft guns because they’re half the price) and will not go through the process of getting a permit.
My $0.02
February 21st, 2011 at 11:19 am
The bill will pass. It will take about a month. Then we’ll work on making the carry law more “liberal”.
February 21st, 2011 at 11:28 am
If there’s somebody shooting people in my vicinity, I’d rather there be someone armed there, whatever their take on reality, than just let the shooter continue. I know I don’t have any illusions of being the hero, it would suit me fine never to have to sight on any human, just as it would suit me fine never to have to use one of my fire extinguishers again. If the time comes, I hope I’m up to it. I think I would be. It’s simply inconceivable to me this guy would rather have taken the four hits, and the rest of those people to die, than for someone to have stopped the shooter, perhaps long before he got there.
February 21st, 2011 at 12:18 pm
@ Mr. Evilwrench
Of course! Having another person there with another gun means there is more ammunition in the fray. All Goddard wants to do is wait till the bad guy runs out of ammo or offs himself with the last round. He just thinks it would be better that way.
Now that I think about it more, maybe HE is the one who finds some congruity between fact and fiction.
February 21st, 2011 at 12:40 pm
Charles is getting all bent out of shape about it:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/38114_Texas_to_Pass_Law_Allowing_Concealed_Weapons_on_Campus
February 21st, 2011 at 2:59 pm
I went to LGF and read the comments. The factual details of the Texas proposal were completely absent, most notably that CHL holders in TX have to be 21 years of age. When I visit my son at his state university here in TX I have to leave my CHL firearm unattended in my car, where it could be stolen.
I’d rather keep it on my person or in my briefcase, where I can maintain control over its use. That is the main reason for this law being introduced. CHL holders are tired of being limited to where they can carry in TX, and are tired of becoming potential felons because they took an exit off I-35 that cuts through the campus of Texas University in downtown Austin.