Unless the article is written in German or Japanese, in deference to the most recent delusional societies to try to create empires by force, I will dismiss this as the babbling of morons...
You would think that Europe above all would understand that freedom is not free. Episodes like what ocurred in Blacksburg are the price you pay for the right to bear arms. But the right to bear arms is one of our best weapons against the totalitarianism that birthed WWII. And we had better hold on tight to that because freedom of the (idiot) press isn’t working very well right now.