Waldo sends me this article from the Portland Press Herald. Overall its quite the balanced article given that the Press Herald is the Boston Globe of Maine, and acknowledging individual liberties isn’t high on their priority list.
Still the last line stuck to me:
In any case, his bloody attacks raise a question that is being asked with more frequency than before: How can free societies defend themselves from those who use their liberties to plot and carry out deadly assaults on innocent people?
Tragically, it is a far easier question to ask than it is to answer — but part of the response has to be that giving up our liberties for safety is the one sure way to let the violent among us win.
Well if they want a perfect answer, there isn’t one. Iz Life, Iz Not Safe. There is always danger and there is nothing you can do to eliminate it. Still as a free society we can support and respect human life by being willing to stand up against those who do not. When you encounter violence against yourself or others FIGHT BACK! Have tools to make sure your efforts aren’t wasted!
Even our opponents see the writing on the wall:
“There are some in America who will use this shooting to assert that Norway’s strong gun laws don’t work or to support the American gun lobby’s campaign to make it easier to carry guns in public places,” Acting President of the Brady Campaign Dennis Henigan said.
And those who say that, Dennis, would be right!
