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Purdue student and Young America's Foundation
Intern Scholar Hillary Cherry provides her thoughts on the Colorado
shooting, stressing the importance of protecting our Second Amendment
rights:
A masked gunman opened fire yesterday on one of the 3,700 midnight
showings of The Dark Knight Rises, leaving 12 dead, 50 injured, and one
in custody. Liberals everywhere are wasting no time to use this
massacre in an effort to push gun control and gut the Second Amendment.
Mayor Bloomberg asks the Obama administration for stricter gun laws
following Colorado shooting. Comedian DL Hughley tweeted, "Aurora is
13yrs and 13 miles from Columbine! Since the 60s over 500,000 ppl have
bn killed by guns in the US we have no right 2 b shocked!"
How will stricter gun laws bring an end to criminals having guns,
when the laws against murder have not been able to stop them from
killing innocent people?
Currently in Aurora, Colorado, where the shooting took place, it is already unlawful to carry a concealed "dangerous weapon," discharge firearms, unless by law enforcement on duty or on shooting range, and have loaded firearm in motor vehicle.
Yet these laws were unable to stop James Holmes.
Crime rates alone of cities such as Chicago and Washington D.C. prove
that gun bans only increase crime. The D.C. police response rate is
eight minutes; most crimes are done in less than one. Gun bans create a
trouble-free world for criminals considering no one can defend
themselves. If I were ever to face a situation like this, I would want
to be prepared.
I cannot help but think, if one person in that audience was carrying a gun with them, that person could have saved lives. Unfortunately - despite what some of the Left have said - this tragedy is an example of the importance of our Second Amendment Rights.
Purdue student and Young America's Foundation
Intern Scholar Hillary Cherry provides her thoughts on the Colorado
shooting, stressing the importance of protecting our Second Amendment
rights:
A masked gunman opened fire yesterday on one of the 3,700 midnight
showings of The Dark Knight Rises, leaving 12 dead, 50 injured, and one
in custody. Liberals everywhere are wasting no time to use this
massacre in an effort to push gun control and gut the Second Amendment.
Mayor Bloomberg asks the Obama administration for stricter gun laws
following Colorado shooting. Comedian DL Hughley tweeted, "Aurora is
13yrs and 13 miles from Columbine! Since the 60s over 500,000 ppl have
bn killed by guns in the US we have no right 2 b shocked!"
How will stricter gun laws bring an end to criminals having guns,
when the laws against murder have not been able to stop them from
killing innocent people?
Currently in Aurora, Colorado, where the shooting took place, it is already unlawful to carry a concealed "dangerous weapon," discharge firearms, unless by law enforcement on duty or on shooting range, and have loaded firearm in motor vehicle.
Yet these laws were unable to stop James Holmes.
Crime rates alone of cities such as Chicago and Washington D.C. prove
that gun bans only increase crime. The D.C. police response rate is
eight minutes; most crimes are done in less than one. Gun bans create a
trouble-free world for criminals considering no one can defend
themselves. If I were ever to face a situation like this, I would want
to be prepared.
I cannot help but think, if one person in that audience was carrying a gun with them, that person could have saved lives. Unfortunately - despite what some of the Left have said - this tragedy is an example of the importance of our Second Amendment Rights.