Newtown School Shootings

[Lemur]

Unarmed civilians can't protect themselves, their unarmed neighbors can't help them either.

Strange, the most serious conflicts I've been in involved non-firearm weapons. Not having a gun does not equal unarmed. People manage to damage and even kill one another without gunpowder, it just requires a little more commitment.

Also note that the vast majority of guns obtained by criminals are purchased, not stolen. So even if the gun becomes "illegal" once a felon possesses it, the act of purchasing is usually done within our legal framework.

Drudge Report is already screaming about how any attempt at any modification of gun law is a "gun grab" by (who else?) Obama. Raise your hand if you didn't see that coming, and then slap yourself for obtuseness.

If I'm understanding the position of the 2A absolutists on this board:

• Mass shootings are rare, inevitable, and (while sad) a price of freedom
• Any attempt at registration, mandated safety measures, or anything, really, will just be a nanny-state infantilization of the citizenry (part of the larger degredation of rights which we will only tolerate when originating with acts committed by people with Muslim names)
• Therefore US citizens should suck it up, arm themselves, and never speak of this again