Scoot Blog: Overacting to Colorado shooting
by Scoot
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posted Jul 25 2012 10:10PM
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Why have guns sales skyrocketed in Colorado since the movie theater massacre last week? Are people arming themselves to go to movies now? Are people concerned that suddenly their right to own a gun will be taken away?
There is no logical reason for gun sales to have dramatically increased since the shooting in a movie theater in a suburb of Denver last Friday. The tragedy, like so many tragedies, was an isolated incident and there is no reason to believe that there is now an increased threat to our safety. The person who commits such an atrocity only represents his own maniacal tendencies and is never part of a growing movement that threaten all of us. I’m curious why someone who didn’t feel the need to own a gun before now feels compelled to be armed?
Let’s set the record straight: Regardless of what New York Mayor Bloomberg and others threaten, your 2nd amendment rights are not about to be taken away. This is not the first tragedy where guns were used and today we still have the right to own a gun. After the ban on the sale of assault weapons expired 8 years ago, neither party has embarked on a campaign to ban guns in America.
The sudden increase in the sale of guns following the movie shooting is just another example of a ‘hysterical’ America overreacting. While reaction to such a horrific moment should never be apathy, let’s realize that we, as a nation, have an instinctive tendency to overreact in ways that will not make us any safer.
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