I would posit that it did exactly what it was intended to do; i.e. to disarm the vast majority of people and create large zones of easy targets so that the government could have a monopoly on power.
The liberal would say that no one should have guns because some nut case might start shooting people, never realizing the ridiculousness of their beliefs.
It worked the way gun control always works. It created a lot of victims in a horrible tragedy. I cannot believe that anyone pushing gun control feels that any other outcome was possible so yes, they got the outcome they knew would happen.
Gun control fails wherever it is installed.
Look how well gun control has worked in Mexico.
It is absurd that the security had no weapons it is something that should change but I will bet dollars to donuts that they make it even harder to have a gun now.
Regular police there arent even allowed to have guns. Imagine if at least the police were armed. They wouldnt have had to wait 90 minutes for a swat team to show. Utter insanity
The freaking Police don’t even have a Police Zodiac!
No Boats!
They had to drive 20 minutes to the marina and borrow private boats!
They don’t even have a Chopper!
Yes, not having a Second Amendment didn’t help.
But not having a FIRST Amendment is what caused the shooting. In a free country, you can organize a Tea Party, call talk radio, etc. to address your issues, like immigration. In fact we stopped Bush TWICE on Amnesty, and then, somehow, stopped the Dems on the Dream Act.
Would never happen in Norway, as they would lock you up the minute you spoke...for being anti-Islamic.
While no one knows if this guy would have flipped in a free country, there is a darn good chance that the political process in what should be a free Norway might have taken care of immigration to the extent where he didn’t have to take it upon himself.
A passive nation that believes that all believe as the do. Fools.
Gun control is itself a failure, of reason among other things. When it doesn’t fail is when one should be the most concerned.
When the cops have to fill out paperwork to get guns, yes.
There was even a cop assigned to the island as a security guard....
Unarmed. Now dead.
The second amendment was put there to secure a "free state". That 'state' is whatever state you find yourself in- a collapsed society or in the company of malcontents intent upon relieving you of your personal property.
For Norway, this is very tragic and everyone sympathizes with their loss. Children should not be shot-down in cold blood. Ever! Adults should not stand by with no way to protect their children. Ever!
Nature will not tolerate it. Try shooting at grizzly cubs sometime and see what happens. You'll be torn to shreds faster than lightning. Teeth and claws will appear out of nowhere and will rip at every part of your fiber. Bones will snap like toothpicks and gashes will appear on your body like a knife through putty. The power in a bite will equal all the force you've ever exerted on a vice times ten. Your chance of survival will approach zero, because you did the unthinkable- you attacked a grizzly cub.
As a people, we must not lose touch with our inner-grizzly, not for a second. Many of these children died as a result of society de-fanging it's adults and police. Nature has no place for such substitutes. The Circus might, but not the real world.
And for any who think the 2nd amendment couldn't have changed 9-11-2001, think again. They used box cutters. One or two CCW passengers could have prevented the tragedy not long after take-off. There are times when you need a grizzly and the last thing anyone needs is the state telling you 'when' you can. That's tyranny, that's deadly, and I repeat myself.
The killer had good gun control..
Norweigens want complete non involvement in all aspects of their lives and believe anyone and everyone who makes promises that sound good on the surface and might benefit them in one way or another.
They never look deep into a persons intentions and motivations (Take Hitler for example - They (many)loved him. They find it easier to think positive and never consider that anyone might possibly lie to them.
They are more than just Liberal (Progressive), they are naive Progressives who hope for the best but don’t demand guarantees and oversight. They just don’t want to get involved and believe in blind faith.
Q: What is the most dangerous place in the World, outside of being a Fetus in the Womb of a NOW Board Member?
A: A Gun Free Zone.
Let’s phrase it another way that’s more fair:
What’s a bigger failure, Norway’s gun control laws or its immigration policies?
I’m interested in the type of gun the killer used. Was it semi auto or auto? What caliber, ect. In a county where even cops have their guns locked up how did this guy get an auto? A witness said he used it in semi auto to save ammo inferring it was an automatic. The big question will be ,.... did the ATF OK the sale to him through Mexico?