“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 1
Apparently, just because he could:
(snip)
The teenagers, whose identities were not released, had crossed into West Philadelphia on the Spring Garden Street bridge. They did not appear to have been targeted, (Philadelphia Police Officer Christine–ed.) O’Brien said.
Don’t even think of trying to convince me he could have done this with a knife or a baseball bat.
Aside:
Once again, I am not against guns.
I do find laughable the notion that everyone’s running about packing heat is going to make public life more peaceable.
July 7, 2010 at 10:20 pm
No, but if a person next to the shooter had had a weapon, perhaps that shooting would have gone a bit differently. Philadelphia is a pro-gun control area so, apparently, gun control doesn’t work.
Let’s try more liberty instead.