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   From: ptkeske@comcast.net   
      
   > Any rational human being should be able to clearly see   
   > that it was the lack of defensive capability on the   
   > part of his victims that allowed yet another madman to   
   > kill and injure so many.   
   >   
      
   Any rational human being should be able to see clearly   
   what a ridiculous, nauseating load of bull the   
   above argument is.   
      
   Gun control is ineffective if it is only the Virginia Tech   
   campus that is trying to limit gun availability, and not   
   the state of Virginia, and not the United States of America.   
      
   If you had a nation ban of gun manufacturing, other   
   than for limited purposes of police, military, and   
   controlled settings of sanctioned ranges and   
   hunting reservations, then gun control would   
   be dramatically more effective.   
      
   A would-be gunman could never become a gunman,   
   by definition, if he were unable to obtain a gun.   
      
   It is an absurd picture, to think of dozens of students   
   carrying guns  in their purses, backpacks, gym bags,   
   and briefcases.  God, couldn't we all feel a rosy glow   
   of assurance, to know that nearly everyone in the   
   room is packing a piece?   
      
   Anyone who seriously thinks so is probably one   
   of those possibily-unbalanced sorts who ought   
   to referred for counseling if not locked away.   
      
   Local bans, limited bans are ineffective.  A national   
   ban would all but stop this kind of nonsense, cold.   
      
   The gun lobby is shameless to try to exploit this   
   tragedy to pursue its own ideologically-driven fetish.   
   The GOP is shameless to have pandered so completely   
   to this lobby, just because it is aggressive and because   
   it has money.    Gun lobby money could truly be   
   called "blood money".   
      
   Tom Keske   
      
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