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Originally Posted by tecoyah
Do you really think that is the reason someone chooses such a place?...I highly doubt it.
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Think about all the major shooting incidents and where they occurred.
schools, no guns
churches, mostly no guns
workplaces, no guns
courthouses, only guns belong to law enforcement which is probably why there aren't that many.
In 1997, Luke Woodham slit his mother's throat then grabbed a .30-30 lever action deer rifle. He packed the pockets of his trench coat with ammo and headed off to Pearl High School, in Pearl, Miss.
Woodham knew cops would arrive before too long, so he was all business, no play. No talk of Jesus, just shooting and reloading, shooting and reloading. He shot until he heard sirens, and then ran to his car. His plan, authorities subsequently learned, was to drive to nearby Pearl Junior High School and shoot more kids before police could show up.
Vice Principal Joel Myrick saw the killer fleeing the campus and positioned himself to point a gun at the windshield. Woodham, seeing the gun pointed at his head, crashed the car.
Woodham did not expect anyone other than a cop to be there with a gun. It was only after the vice principal sprinted 1/4 mile to his car, retrieved his gun, and ran back to point it at Woodham did the kid stop thinking about killing other kids and realize that he could be killed.
Were it not for Myrick, Woodham might also be dead by his own hand or that of the SWAT team.
Guns save lives as easily as they can take them. It all depends on whose hands they are in.