Is more gun control the answer?

The recent mass-murder at Virgina Tech has once again sparked the gun control debate.

The main question is whether or not stronger gun control laws will actually prevent things like Virgina Tech from happening in the future. Here are a couple of things to ponder:

• The campus already had stick gun laws. Supposedly this was a "gun free" zone. Did the shooter really care?
• It seems that these guns were purchased legally. Does anyone think though, that had this idiot not been able to purchase his weapons, that he simply would have walked up to those 30 some people and just called them nasty names?
• Weapons can be constructed by a wide variety of items, guns are far from the only weapon capable of killing multiple people. Anyone heard of 'fertilizer' before?

The big question one should ask though, is this: If your child was in that classroom when someone burst in shooting anything that moved, would you rather that he/she had a stronger desk to hide behind, or an automatic firearm capable of taking this jerk out?

Clearly the left has distorted the facts on gun use. They keep claiming that you are 63% more likely to kill a family member than an intruder. This is just plain false. The statistic is more around 12%. But the flip-side to this is that simply brandishing the gun often accomplishes the goal. An intruder who sees a firearm pointed their direction normally flees. So there is no need to kill the intruder. Hence this statistic is simply weighted to make it look like a reasonable fact.

When we look at history, all dictators have banned personal firearms as their first act upon taking control of a country. The reason is simple, a defenseless populace is easier to control than one with an ability to counter attack. Study after study proves that more guns equates to less crime. Perps are not usually stupid, at least not where their own lives are at stake. If they think you'll shoot back, they are far more likely to pick on someone else. If they're not sure if you can shoot back, they're far more likely to re-think their actions.

The second amendment is there for a reason and we need to make sure it does not get polluted by those who think the world would only be a nicer place if "everyone just got along". That is a silly pipe dream with no basis in reality. YOU need to protect yourself and not rely on the Government to do it for you.

The government surely didn't do a very good job at protecting the students at Virgina Tech now, did they?