« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2013, 07:09:58 AM »
Charles Hurt, in the
Washington Times, says pretty much the same thing.
HURT: Boston on wrong side of gun-control debate
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
BOCA GRANDE, Fla. — Some 4.5 million people around Boston cowered in their homes last week as an unknown number of heavily armed, mercilessly dangerous terrorists lurked in the dark outside, roaming the eerie stillness.
Most people were utterly defenseless and hid in their homes praying that local police or federal agents would get there before the hellbent killers who had proved their complete disdain for innocent life.
Just a glance at the thousands of security officers lining the route of the Boston Marathon earlier in the week, however, was clear evidence that no number of police can protect against all violence. It is why responsible people in Florida and other sane states own guns and know how to use them. In America, WE are the real first responders.
In Massachusetts — Boston specifically — politicians have enacted some of the toughest gun laws in the country to prevent responsible and law-abiding citizens from protecting themselves and their families from such evil. These laws, of course, apply only to those who obey laws. They do absolutely nothing to keep guns — or pressure-cooker bombs — out of the hands of terrorists who have no regard for laws.
That is why accused marathon bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had no hesitation about obtaining and carrying numerous guns, according to police. Not to mention having other explosive devices that authorities are now calling “weapons of mass destruction.â€
Read more:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/23/hurt-boston-wrong-side-gun-control-debate/#ixzz2RTbtWZZK The big news flash, which seems to need to be repeated over and over, is this:
Criminals don't obey any laws!
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