Virginia Tech

Obviously much like the rest of the nation I was shocked and saddened to see the events that unfolded at Virginia Tech yesterday morning. A college or school of any sort is a place where the students should feel safe and secure and 99.9% of the time this is the case. Every once in a great while a incident will come around that will completely shake ones faith in an institution. I don’t believe that the students at Va. Tech are any less safe after this event, but I do believe that the feeling of security has been shattered and it will take a long time if ever to repair. As it is I can only wish the students the best for the rest of their year and send out condolences to the families who have lost loved ones because of the actions of a sick and what appears to be very emotionally troubled young man.

On a side note I can only wonder what may have occured if one student had been carrying a gun. Due to college gun laws, this is not possible and I am not saying that it would have prevented the problem, but Im not saying it wouldnt have either. As I have made the case for numerous times in arguments, the only thing that gun laws do is create a zone where the victims are defenseless and the attakcers have no fear of reprisal. For more on this issue check here. Link