Words of Warning

 

What the killer(s) did today was nothing less than a contemporary sacrifice to Moloch, in whatever form Moloch manifests himself today—the appeasement of a voice in the head, most likely. Evil, even if it is loosed due to mental illness, is an effort to destroy the common good by making good appear powerless, ineffectual, weak. Today saw a horrifically effective effort to give evil a victory. It has opened a portal and brought Hell to earth. -- John  Podhoretz, Gehenna in Connecticut, Commentary (hat tip The Jersey Nut)

 

THE ONLY WAY TO STOP A MAN WITH A GUN IS WITH A GUN

America now has its second worst mass shooting. And it, as usual, accompanied by calls for gun control. It's no coincidence that we have had quite a few spree killings in such a short time. The lavish coverage of every shooting by the media encourages every shooter to think that he will be famous if he goes out and kills. And that is exactly what happens.

Our shooters are creatures of the media, not the NRA. A media that turns killers into celebrities and then warns that the only way to stop more shootings is by cracking down on firearms.

But no amount of media coverage ever stopped a man with a gun. It only encouraged him. It takes a gun to stop a man with a gun. That is the hard truth of human affairs. It is why we have a Second Amendment, it is why we have armies and police, and it is why people own guns.

There is no going back to a time before people owned guns. There is no going back to a time when violence did not exist. There is only the reality that killers stalk the streets and that we can either defend against them or take comfort in empty outrage.

Guns stop shootings. Not all the time and not every time, but they do. Gun control does not. Media coverage calling for gun control does not. [snip]


The media will pretend that this sort of thing only happens in America. It doesn't only happen in America. It happens where killings do.

Gun control isn't about putting an end to horrors, it's about controlling people. And people who are used to being controlled have even less ability to cope with the uncontrolled and the uncontrollable.

Regulators think about the big picture. They don't think about the individual. They think only about how to control people who follow rules. But shooters, by definition, do not follow rules. They are men who have stepped outside the system and care nothing for its rules. They want to kill, and they will find a way. And when they come, the only way to stop a gun is with a gun. (Sultan Knish, Friday Roundup)

 

Comments

[R.J. Godlewski]

I keep hearing the CT State Police chief telling us how "fast" the police responded. Police do not ever respond fast because they cannot be everywhere.

Two smart, well-trained people might have stopped this guy as soon as he tried to carry a rifle into the school. Where could every school afford two such people? By training people ALREADY on their staffs.

We do not need hundreds of police showing up AFTER the fact; we need one or two people that can stop a shooter upon sight.

[Debbie]

Exactly right R.J.

This school had a new expensive security system, according to reports, but no human with a gun. I heard some reports that it is "too expensive" to hire guards for every school.

I also read where in Israel, the teachers are armed, I've seen pictures of them on field trips with a gun over their shoulder.

[(Rhino!) CBPO Jon A Underwood, CBP, Ret.]

Sounds like he might have "tailgated" the person entering in front of him to gain access to the school.

Once he entered, he did what that sick little mind of his told him to do.

The only way, to prevent entering a school like this is to have a single point of entry, video access with an armed guard present.

This brings something to mind...

With all the terrorists and scum in the middle east trying to destroy Israel, When was the last time that schools in Israel were attacked like here in the US?

Never! Because they have real "Armed" security and they have teachers that are armed that's why! Unarmed security is no security! Guns are not the problem.

The following is the problem:

Take G-od out of the Government, out of the schools, out of the family and replace it with government requiring no consequences, no personal responsibility, no punishment and this is the result, A-moral, soulless, self absorbed, selfish, uncaring scum.

[Leticia]

My boys kindergarten center had an armed police office present at all times in the front office monitoring all of the cameras.

I wish ever school had that and an armed staff.

I can guarantee if a would be assailant were to read a sign, stating that all staff are armed with assault weapons, they would think twice before entering.