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Posted on 10/05/2001 3:50:46 AM PDT by kattracks
(CNSNews.com) - Wednesday's Greyhound bus hijacking that left six people dead illustrates the need for every state to pass "Vermont-style" concealed gun laws, so Americans can defend themselves against terrorists or deranged murderers, according to the Libertarian Party.
The party's national director Steve Dasbach said Thursday, "Let's put the Second Amendment to work to protect Americans. The best defense against hijackers or run-of-the-mill copycat madmen is to give every American the legal right to own a gun and carry it everywhere."
The attack occurred when a Croatian man used a box cutter to slash the throat of a Greyhound bus driver just outside Manchester, Tenn. The driver is undergoing medical treatment. The man grabbed the bus steering wheel and drove it into oncoming traffic. Six people including the hijacker were killed and 34 people were injured.
Dasbach believes the attack shows that no form of transportation is safe from potential attack, which is why every law-abiding American should have the right to carry a concealed weapon.
"After terrorists hijacked four airliners on September 11, the consensus was that greater airport security could stymie such attacks. That may be true, but a similar solution won't protect Americans who use buses, trains, taxicabs, or other forms of travel. There are simply too many modes of public transportation," he said.
"The only way to keep Americans safe is to decentralize protection: Give every law-abiding citizen the right to carry a weapon at all times," Dasbach said.
"No, that won't stop every attempted hijacking and may not even have stopped the tragedy in Tennessee, but criminals and terrorists will be far less likely to attack if they know they'll be staring down the business end of a dozen American guns," he concluded.
Vermont is the only state in the nation that doesn't require a license to carry a concealed weapon.
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence doesn't think giving Americans the right to carry weapons is a good idea.
"The gun lobby claims that only 'law-abiding citizens' apply for and receive carrying-concealed weapons licenses and that more people carrying hidden guns will make our society safer. However, it is a serious mistake to assume that only 'good guys' have these licenses, and that the people carrying the weapons are responsible, mature and abide by the laws," the Brady Campaign said in a statement on its website.
"Thanks to the lax CCW laws in many states," the Brady statement continued, "abusive husbands, mentally unstable individuals, people with a grudge and people who are simply careless or uneducated about firearms safety can and do get CCW permits, posing a potential danger to their families and communities."
The Brady Campaign also believes the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution does not permit people to carry concealed weapons.
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If someone gets up to get something out of the overhead rack, or to talk to someone a few seats in front of him, when do you pull your weapon and tell him to sit down?
I don't think this is a good argument for concealed carry. We need a better one that the Brady bunch can't pull apart.
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"people with a grudge and people who are simply careless or uneducated about firearms safety can and do support the Brady Campaign, posing a potential danger to their families and communities."
These Brady Campaign pukes need to just hunker in a gated community somewhere in Australia and leave the real Americans alone.
How about death?
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Similar logic applies in the air. No one knows you're armed until you draw and kill the terr. Just as on the ground I'm sure you'll be incarcerated at least early in the investigation. Goat or hero in one micro-second.
I think Michael Rivero is working on some kind of conspiracy link involving the Mossad, the CIA, the Arkansas Mafia, "Socks, the Cat", Princess Dianna, and John Doe #394A.
Let's just leave it at that. Best describes Brady and accomplices.
"abusive husbands, mentally unstable individuals, people with a grudge and people who are simply careless or uneducated about firearms safety can and do get CCW permits, posing a potential danger to their families and communities."
abusive husbands, mentally unstable individuals, people with a grudge and people who are simply careless or uneducated about knife, baseball bat and tire iron safety can and do get them posing a potential danger to their families and communities.
If guns cause crime, matches cause arson
Guns, knives, baseball bats and tire irons don't kill people, people with a grudge and people who are simply careless or uneducated kill people.
When they brandish a gun in a threatening manner. Same as when you are approached on the street. I shouldn't have to be telling you this.
I don't think this is a good argument for concealed carry. We need a better one that the Brady bunch can't pull apart.
Since when is the self-defense of your life and the noble self-defense of twenty other passengers' lives not worth of concealed carry? That's the pointed rhetoric. The self-defense of your life and the noble/heroic self-defense of twenty other passengers' lives is overwhelming cause/reason for concealed carry.
The Brady bunch will try to pull anything out of context. The response is to put it back in valid context and then point out that the Brady bunch is the problem for forcing innocent citizens to be defenseless while making it easier for criminals to victimize innocent people.
Not an original or astute observation. It's like saying only a fool brings a knife to a gun fight. It's that way now because of 20,000 unconstitutional gun-control laws and most of all, the scare/fear tactics used to "legitimize" the passing of those laws is why many more people don't carry guns.
What are you in... seventh grade?
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