Thoughts on Aurora
I haven’t commented on the Aurora massacre here on this blog. There were too many different aspects of it, too many things about it that had to be digested. Watching the media coverage of the very predictable political fallout, particularly when it comes to gun rights, I am filled with contempt, not only for the shooter, whom I will never name here as notoriety is exactly what he wanted, but also for those who would so eagerly dance in the blood of the shooter’s victims as part of their ongoing crusade to strip millions of Americans of one of their inalienable human rights, the right of self defense.
The theater was a “gun-free” zone, and in the end no different than a corral. This idea that putting up a sign reminding people that guns are a no-no in their establishment will somehow cause a psycho-mutant-douchebag to decide not to target the disarmed people within its walls is so pathetically illogical that the only conclusion I can come to is that the people who put those signs up are aware of its futility and just want to be able to point at it later and say, “It’s not our fault! We had a sign!” Human beings are predators by nature, and it’s the nature of a predator to seek out the prey that can’t defend itself: the weak, the ill, the old, the slow, the small… and those with no claws of their own.
I’ve seen the anti-rights propagandists throw out the argument that even if someone else in the theater had a gun, it would have only made things worse. Guess what, cupcake! There was already a guy in there making things worse! For 90 seconds, there was a monster in there, tearing his way through that corral, through the sheep, killing at will. There were no other claws in that corral, only his own, leaving those people with no options but to crowd toward the exits in a panicked bid to get free when this monster stopped to reload.
Would a concealed weapon have made any difference? I don’t know, and people will debate it for years. But I know this: a concealed weapon would have given someone an option.Returning fire would have been an option.Fleeing would have been an option. Options that someone could have made based on their assessment of what was happening. Whether they fired or not would be up to them, not some bureaucrat, professor, mayor or lawsuit-averse middle-manager tut-tutting from across town behind their armed security guards.
RebeccaGuns asked a good question in a post on her blog concerning guns and rape. She asked, “Why do only criminals, police and nut-cases get to have guns? Do we, the potential victims, not get access to these same implements, so that we might properly defend ourselves?”
As long as there are humans there will be predators. You cannot rid yourself of them by creating more prey.
TJ
Like what you read? GunNoob is now part of Pew Pew Tactical. Check out the rest of our awesome resources:
Leave a Reply