Griper Blade: Just Another Day

By now, everyone knows what happened at Virginia Tech. 33 dead, including the shooter, all killed by a nut with guns. Yay for guns. Some are calling for more guns, some for less, but the fact of the matter is that either measure would be a reaction to something that almost never happens.

That didn't stop the White House from reassuring the gun lobby right off the bat:

White House Press Briefing, 4/16/07:

As far as policy, the President believes that there is a right for people to bear arms, but that all laws must be followed. And certainly bringing a gun into a school dormitory and shooting -- I don't want to say numbers because I know that they're still trying to figure out many people were wounded and possibly killed, but obviously that would be against the law and something that someone should be held accountable for.

I'm not sure how anyone's going to be held accountable for this. Cho Seung-hui shot himself. It seems that enforcing the laws we have is a moot point...

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