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WildBill wrote:\

At the heart of the matter is how this tragedy is being presented to the public. In my opinion Mr. Woods statements and testimony go beyond just the issue of campus carry. Rather than expressing his own feelings and representing himself, I believe that Mr. Woods is an opportunist who has become a minor celebrity by being manipulated by groups who have an anti-gun agenda.

Well said.

I believe (and I am not a psychiatrist) that he is a classic narcissist.

Hoi Polloi wrote:I imagine there were plenty of students who felt terrorized after the shooting who had no greater connection than being students of the same university. He was a student of the university and his girlfriend of 6 months was tragically killed in the worst mass shooting in US history. There are plenty of things to validly criticize, but the fact that he feels victimized is not one I think charity or compassion or even logic would allow on that list. He did lose quite a lot.

I understand where you are coming from. My wife works for the public school system, as the administrator of a special program. She comes into contact with parents of all types. There was one that she told me about that was extremely disturbing. My wife called the parent "crazy", and she doesn't throw that label around lightly. This parent, it sounds like, is the type of person that concealed carry is meant to defend one's self from.

I often wonder how I would feel if that parent did have a gun and the unthinkable happened.

We have a lot invested in each other--10 years, 2 kids, house--our lives, basically. A lot of emotional investment in each other.

I would consider myself and my family victims if something happened, because of the love and the commitment, and because two little boys would not have a mother the adored, and I would have lost the love of my life. That would have been life-changing.

But after just 6 months of she and I dating, I don't know if my feelings about it would have been that strong.

I just read the whole thing. Very insightful. To be truthful, it might work if Kory or austinrealtor or someone else opens a dialog and invites Gallegos or Van de Putte or West or Lucio to the range. I don't think think they're the Schumer/Feinstein types.

Is there a link to the whole article? If not, here it is: http://www.gunlaws.com/Hoplophobia%20Analysis.htm

So I AM a victim!!!

Okay...John Woods claims to be a "victim" of VT.

Was he actually there, in the line of fire, when the gunman fired on all of those people? Did he get hurt? Was he shot?

I've been to Mexico, but not in a long while. Can I still consider myself a "victim" of border violence?

Someone needs go call him out on this.