Ravenwood - 02/24/08 07:30 PM
In the gun rights for college students debate, anti-gun advocates fall prey to Ravenwood's Law.
The push to allow guns on campus rankles Garrett Evans, who was shot in both legs during the Virginia Tech rampage, and Omar Samaha, whose younger sister, Reema, was killed.Yee haw!"Having guns in the classroom only makes things worse," says Evans, 31. He says the Virginia Tech gunman, Seung Hui Cho, walked into his German class and began shooting so quickly that no one would have had time to shoot back.
Samaha says guns on campus are a risk in an environment where young people drink and fight and are not always able to control their emotions.
"It's kind of a crazy notion to think about," he says. "It takes us back to the Wild, Wild West."
He says the Virginia Tech gunman, Seung Hui Cho, walked into his German class and began shooting so quickly that no one would have had time to shoot back.
Interesting. Because many of the interviews with victims actually in the classrooms that I read in the week following specifically discussed how the ducked under their desks and just laid there waiting to die. One in particular that bothered me was a guy who said he just laid there before Cho was near him and listened to him slowly walk around the room shooting people who were just sitting there. IIRC, he also talked about hearing him take the time to reload.
I remember after reading several similar interviews thinking that not only was there seemingly plenty of time to respond to shoot him, but I was left with the impression that there was probably time for a group to jump him, too.
Posted by: Bitter at February 25, 2008 7:32 AMAgain, the wild west comparison!
The wild west was safe compared to big cities in the east where there was gun control.
The place in New York City where Lincoln Center is now was once called Hell's Kitchen and Five Points. The police in the 1880's and 90's would not go into that neighborhood with fewer than four in their groups.
And another thing. Violence in the west was rare enough that we know the names of the outlaws. Violence in the eastern cities was so common that the names of the criminals are unknown.
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