Radar..
Remember the Pearl MS shooting and the A.Principal who stopped and disarmed the shooter?
That poor guy was vilified..."Oh my God! The AP has a gun!! Around children"
Granted a lot of people, esp in Pearl praised him and were thankful, but anti-gun pundits were shocked and upset that a school official had access to a gun when kids are around. The fact was he ran to his car and got his gun. Its interesting that they get upset, when no one knew he had a gun until he needed it to stop a murderer.
I've thought about why that is....it sure wouldn't bother me, in fact if I knew I'd like it. I've come to the conclusion that anti-gun folk are schizophrenic:
They are upset that someone has a gun around kids...because of "what if"..1) what if he goes nuts and starts shooting kids, or 2)what if nutso kids attack him and take his gun. The "what if" is whats important to them (guilt before commission). Also, an armed Principal makes them face a reality that they hate to admit exists...that the world is a dangerous place.
Now, when the AP gets his gun and stops the killer, their reaction was...the AP didn't know that this was going to happen, didn't know the kid killed his mom right before going to school and killing at school, so why did he have a gun. The gun to them is much more than a tool....in their minds it will be used by its mere existence. They are convinced that a gun is an offensive weapon. Their tortuous logic negates the fact that a gun was available to stop a killer and more killing...its like the kid didn't do what he just did.
I believe that the true hardcore anti-gunners would never accept and allow armed teachers and school authorities, because those are "normal" people and "normal" people shouldn't have guns. They would make an exception for police or armed security...but also consider how they would treat and feel about those people: if their kid talks about Joe the security guard and what a cool guy he is, those parents would complain to the school about too much familiarity on Joe's part.
My point in all of this is how important and all consuming their resistence to reality is to them.
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