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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1218006" data-attributes="member: 14668">Everybody wants to focus attention on the fact that Adam Lanza had access to lethal weapons when he went on his murderous rampage.I&#039;d rather focus on the fact that none of the law-abiding adults who were present at Sandy Hook that day had access to weapons of their own.I&#039;d rather focus on the fact that Sandy Hook Elementary School was, by law, a conveniently labeled and located unarmed victim zone where any lunatic with a gun would be automatically granted a monopoly on the use of lethal force and was guranteed to find a concentrated pool of helpless victims. We saw this at Thurston High school; we saw it at Columbine; we saw it at Virginia Tech; we saw it at the theater in Aurora Colorado. One deranged lunatic, given BY LAW the power of life and death over victims who were, BY LAW, denied any effective means of defending themselves.If we could somehow go beyond the grave and speak to the dead school principal who bravely threw her unarmed body at Adam Lanza in a futile and hopeless attempt to save her students, my guess is that she would have given anything in those final moments of her life for access to a gun. How different would the narrative be today if this brave principal had been able to retrieve a 12 gauge shotgun from a locker and engaged Lanza on equal terms? How many children might still be alive today? Sadly, we will never know. All we will ever have....is a few more &quot;gun free zone&quot; signs and stickers on the doors.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1218006, member: 14668"] Everybody wants to focus attention on the fact that Adam Lanza had access to lethal weapons when he went on his murderous rampage. I'd rather focus on the fact that [I]none[/I] of the law-abiding adults who were present at Sandy Hook that day had access to weapons of [I]their own[/I]. I'd rather focus on the fact that Sandy Hook Elementary School was, by law, a conveniently labeled and located [I]unarmed victim zone [/I]where any lunatic with a gun would be automatically granted a [I]monopoly[/I] on the use of lethal force and was guranteed to find a concentrated pool of helpless victims. We saw this at Thurston High school; we saw it at Columbine; we saw it at Virginia Tech; we saw it at the theater in Aurora Colorado. One deranged lunatic, given BY LAW the power of life and death over victims who were, BY LAW, denied [I]any[/I] effective means of defending themselves. If we could somehow go beyond the grave and speak to the dead school principal who bravely threw [I]her unarmed body [/I]at Adam Lanza in a futile and hopeless attempt to save her students, my guess is that she would have given [I]anything[/I] in those final moments of her life for access to a gun. How different would the narrative be today if this brave principal had been able to retrieve a 12 gauge shotgun from a locker and engaged Lanza on equal terms? How many children might still be alive today? Sadly, we will never know. All we will ever have....is a few more "gun free zone" signs and stickers on the doors. [/QUOTE]

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