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Look for more shootings after church killing and more calls for gun control
March 12, 2009 | Tagged Alabama spree, Conspiracy theory, German school massacre, Maryville shooting, Media and Violence, Second Amendment, Spree Killings | Leave a Comment
You have seen the news stories about the church killing and the family murder rampage by the man in Alabama. This week, there was a spree killing in Germany. Those on the Left and others who believe that disarmed, helpless people are safer than armed people will no doubt again raise their voices and demand that we surrender our right to self-defense against crime, tyranny, and genocide. And remember, we are approaching the anniversary of Columbine. There is another NRA Convention coming up that makes an especially juicy target for a trumped up incident. Look out Arizona!
We can debate whether these clusters of murders are copycat killings caused by “immortality” conferred on killers by the Mainstream Media, or caused by the “easy availability” of firearms (scientific evidence to the contrary). Mass murders could be linked to government creation of “gun-free zones,” which are really “criminal- safe, free-fire zones.” There might be a conspiracy to manufacture these incidents in order to further an anti-individual rights agenda. My inclination is toward the first, third, and last of these explanations, but I could just be paranoid.
In any event, lovers of freedom and advocates for the right to armed self-defense against crime, tyranny, and genocide must brace ourselves for another onslaught against our right to own inanimate objects that can be used as tools for protection, recreation, or destruction. The other side sees them as “Demon Guns.”
David Kopel of the Independence Institute has made the case that media outlets should minimize publicity regarding the names of spree killers to dampen the enthusiasm of those who would emulate mass murderers in the hope of gaining lasting notoriety. Kopel also discusses the correlation between the rise of the electronic media and increases in criminal violence.
Open almost any newspaper or tune into any mainstream TV station to get the argument that the “easy availability” of guns is going to kill us all. (See my posts under the Category: “Research” for a bit of the evidence that guns don’t cause crime.)
I believe that Kirby Ferris has insight into the possibility that some shadowy anti-gunners are using Manchurian Candidate-like mind control to motivate shooters into perpetrating mass murders at strategic times. (Before you write us both off as crazy, read his articles here and here.)
I have done a considerable amount of research into this issue, myself, and have found a number of anomalies in many shooting incidents that have occurred at times that were much too convenient for the other side. Then again, I could just be paranoid.
Look for a moment at Columbine. It occurred days before the NRA Convention in Denver. The State Legislature was considering an improved concealed carry law at the time. The Columbine is the Colorado State Flower, so the incident stuck in the minds of many people. The mass murder occurred on Hitler’s birthday and one day after the anniversaries of the Battle of Lexington, the Waco conflagration, and the Oklahoma City Bombing. The shooting tainted an upcoming, annual, pro-individual rights rally at the State Capitol. One of the teens killed at the school was named Mauser. (For anyone unfamiliar with firearms, Mauser is also the name of a famous gun maker.)
How did the Columbine killers get all those bombs into the school without help? Given the extremely volatile nature of propane, why didn’t the two propane tank bombs go off? Who was “KiBBz,” (Kibitzer?) a code-named person in the killers’ writings? Too many questions without answers cloud this mass murder. There are other examples. It could be coincidence, but a gunman at the State Capitol came from Rifle, Colorado. How many shootings have occurred in places named “Springfield?” (Springfield is also the name of a gun maker.)
If something “accidental” happens to me, I hope people will be suspicious. How’s that for paranoia and ideas of reference? So far, I’m willing to admit that I could be wrong, unlike a lot of really emotional folks on the other side of the debate.
In any case, look for more shootings that “conveniently” occur at the worst possible times for gun owners. Look at the details surrounding mass murders and things that don’t fit in. “Question authority!” The folks on the other side often liked to say that. They don’t say it so much, any more.
Def Mech