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At the time guns were not just banned from campus in Iowa, conceal carry was effectively banned in Iowa City (also a nuclear disarmament zone).
That ban did not save any of the six victims.
Of note is the choice of weapon, a
I said, at the time, when the press started yapping about banning handguns, "exactly what had MY guns done?" My guns and I were innocent. In fact while I was in Iowa City, my guns were more than 100 miles away.
A couple of years later when the Brady act and assault weapons ban were being debated I noted that those laws would not have prevented Mr Lu from getting the gun. I also noted that none of the laws in place that forbade him from carrying that gun, taking it on campus or shooting people kept him from doing so.
What I really noticed, for the first time, was that five people were murdered and one person crippled for a lack of shooting back. I had the same feeling with Virginia Tech.
I remember that, too. Scott Maehner knew the victim who survived. I also could have written the script for the reaction: "Oh, guns are TEH EVOL and must be BAND!" instead of "Okay, a nut went nuts. Sorry it happened, but by definition, laws wouldn't have stopped him."
ReplyDeleteWhat is REALLY a sign of the times is that back then mass-shootings were met with calls for bans.
ReplyDeleteVT and on, such shootings were met with people filling gun shops, carry classes, and calling their representation about allowing more GOOD people to be armed.
All rights should be treated the same. Abuses should be met with MORE HEALTHY exercising of rights.
ie: Somebody starts lying and slandering, you need to speak out for truth. Somebody starts abusing guns, you start packing your own guns for defense!