As the death toll continues to rise in Norway’s apparently related bombing and shooting attacks, a few truths are once again revealed for any who would see:
- Unarmed victims are defenseless and easy prey for any evil lunatic bent on slaughtering them at will. The adults at the youth camp were utterly unprepared to protect themselves, let alone their charges.
- People instinctively don’t question an armed man if he appears to be a police officer. Many of the same people react with horror at the sight of an armed citizen.
- The best defense against an active shooter* is others with guns—it was not the unarmed who took the suspect into custody.
- Once more, “gun control” has proven useless. Many reports, if accurate, say the gunman used “automatic weapons,” which, except for some tightly regulated collector exemptions, are banned from civilian ownership in Norway.
- Once more, the race is on to tar an entire demographic for the actions of a deranged and monstrous individual, and to conflate “conservatives” with violent extremists.
- And once more, expect to hear renewed calls for more citizen disarmament, that is, an expansion of the potential victim pool for those who count on such measures to make their diabolical tasks all the more easily executed.
Some will no doubt consider this column ill-timed, or accuse me of exploiting a tragedy for political gain. I disagree, but so be it. Just remember that in order for them to refute any of the basic truths listed here, they would have us believe:
- The best defense against an active shooter* is to be unarmed.
- Police are the only ones who should be armed in public.
- “Gun control” will stop incidents like this from happening in the future.
- And “conservative” ideology is about hate.
*UPDATE: Jeff Knox corrects me via email on use of the term "active shooter."
To forward a Korwinesque quibble: I am an "Active Shooter," rampaging murderers are... rampaging murderers. I don't think we should let LE and the anti's have the term "active shooter."
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