For those people who still think "gun control" equals "victim disarmament"...

Shooting at Illinois University, 6 dead, 16 injured. 

This is the fourth shooting at a US university within a week. 

WTF?!

It's enough to make you think people are being possessed or something. "Freaky" is too mild a word. 

One thing's for sure though. It doesn't matter how many people die, the White House is never going to be able to push through a federal gun-control bill successfully. 

The thing is, there is no such thing as "arming the innocent", because there is no such thing as innocent. Anyone, anywhere is capable of murder, given the right incentive, pushed hard enough. Sri Lanka is far from being the safest country in the world, but at least we don't live in fear of Ordinary Joe suddenly going wacko and killing people at random. The only people in this country carrying guns are soldiers and policemen. 

It's not just Sri Lanka. It's a fact that countries with strong gun control laws do not have many shooting incidents. There are those people who point out that there have been more shootings in states which have stronger firearms regulations than those which do not, but I say that it is simply indicative of the fact that gun-control laws are only effective as long as they are made federal laws and not just state laws. And don't even bring up the Prohibition, unless you want to tell me exactly how you're going to bootleg a rifle and find a wide market for it amongst the general public. The only people who really need guns are people who are afraid of other people's guns. Weapons are not a vice, they are not alcohol, and they sure as hell aren't as easily accessible in most parts of Europe. The lack of gun trade do not make a serious dent in the economy, either. So please don't bring up the Prohibition as a counter-example to the efficiency of gun-control laws, unless you want to de-regulate drugs and prostitution as well.

Bottom line, if you want to "arm the innocent", teach them to use tazers, pepper spray and iron rings. If somebody does elect to go berserk with one of those, at least the death toll will be minimal. I know the saying is that nobody ever raped a .38, but nobody raped a small but efficient carving knife either.  

The following is a response I got off the LnCMBs on the gun-control topic a few months back:

If there were more upstanding citizens with the responsibility and skill around allowed to carry a firearm, mass murders would NOT happen either simply because the instigator would not live long enough to kill a lot of people.

Right. Well, we should just make sure we sell guns to proportionately more "upstanding citizens with responsibility and skill" rather than ordinary people doing ordinary things who may or may not go totally ballistic out of the blue one day. Although now exactly we are supposed to judge that, I have no clue. 

*scrambles off soapbox*

ETA: Not to misunderstand my remark about knives, because they are lethal and problematic things as well, and should be handled as responsibly as any gun. Come to think of it, rather than weapons, it would be better to instate a nation-wide mandatory martial arts program for all students (especially girls). The thing about teaching martial arts correctly is that it teaches you how to control your impulses, not just to kick the crap out of the other guy. Although that is certainly a bonus. =)

SPN Squeeage!

I just finished watching Supernatural 3x11. 

HOLY SHIT! NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL AN EPISODE! Nice comeback, Show! *does jig*

Furthermore, in the OMFG department:

( Where several OMFGs ensue... )

Huh. Will squee more when I remember. 

The only downside to this ep is that I now have "Asia" playing in my head over and over and over and over......AAAARGH!! The worst thing is, I've never heard it before this episode, so it's only thatone snatch of song I keep hearing in my head! 

When you hear news reports of a girl who has gone screaming through the streets of Colombo in a gorilla outift, throwing nuts at people, you'll know I've finally cracked. And you'll know why. 

In conclusion: MY SHOW PWNS THE WORLD, BITCHES!