Left Flank

What also makes little sense is the quasi-libertarian sentiments expressed by one blogger. A Western Heart’s MK interprets the report’s findings as advocating an â€? ‘emergency grab ankles and find a desk to hide under’ planâ€?. The system MK disparages already exists. What the report advocates is making that system work better, not creating a lesser system where â€ū…we cannot protect you, go and get yourself a gun, learn to use it, watch your back, grow a pair, make a stand, learn to draw fast, be prepared to fight for your freedom, it’s hard but that’s life.â€? That would be an overreaction worse than transforming Virginia tech into a fortress.

I believe that the day will come when people are again permitted to defend themselves against lunatics and criminals. I do not have an opinion as to whether this freedom will be returned due to a newfound respect for the right of all humans to defend themselves, or whether it will come due to the collapse of our society, but one way or the other it must come. A society of sheep must eventually collapse, and that is what we have become. We can cease to be that, or we can cease to be.

When this day comes, I believe that it will be extremely rare for a person to have to actually resort to violence in order to protect themselves. Yes, Cho was a lunatic. None the less, if we observe the actions of lunatics, we will find that there are patterns to their behavior. When they decide to go out in a «blaze of glory», they invariably choose to do so in a «gun free zone», where there are sure to be plenty of helpless victims. To prevent the «blazes of glory», we merely have to eliminate such free fire zones. These people are not resolute warriors. They are cowards who depend on the guarantee of disarmed victims.

The cowardice of our legislatures provides safe haven for these killers. The courage of our citizens must set this rank injustice right.