You may not have heard of Suzanna Hupp but it’s a good bet you fully know about the mass shooting she survived on October 16, 1991 when George Hennard crashed his pickup truck through a Luby’s Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas and shot and killed 23 people before killing himself.
Hupp lost both her parents in the shooting and did own a gun at the time but, because Texas law forbid her to carry a gun into public places, she was unable to save her parents.
Hupp, a former Republican of the Texas House of Representatives from 1997-2007, testified before Congress in 2013 arguing against the state’s gun control laws.
If only someone in those buildings the killer was in had had a license to carry a firearm, the number of those dead and injured could have been lower.
It amazes me that when it comes to the possibility of allowing people with proper licenses to carry concealed handguns on campus, students are scared that every day could be a could be a “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” style situation where everyone with a gun will start shooting everyone else.
The open carry law in Texas does not mean there will be a massive jump in gun sales allowing students to buy a gun.
If you still think prohibiting students from having a firearm on campus is better then consider this nightmare scenario that, God willing, will never happen.
It’s around 11:30 a.m. and the hall near the Subway restaurant at your college campus is packed with students, faculty and employees waiting in line to buy lunch. No one notices a guy walking through the hall carrying a large duffle bag who goes into the back of the cafeteria where not as many students. He calmly starts taking out his cache of weapons. Still no one notices until the shots ring out from his AK-47 assault rifle.
Within a minute 60 or more are dead or injured. The call goes out to campus police. By the time they get to the building and students are running for their lives shots are still ringing out inside. Dallas police would still need time to assess the situation from witnesses.
I would suggest the situation could have been resolved in the space of minutes if someone in that restaurant had a license to carry a firearm on campus and take out the shooter.
As Hupp told Congress, “I’m a mom and I just can’t imagine being back in that position, but instead of having my parents with me, having my kids with me and not have any way to protect them. You can be a liberal and talk about gun control all you want, but when you’re actually in the situation, most normal people want to be able to defend themselves and their children and grandchildren.”
©3/25/15
Hupp lost both her parents in the shooting and did own a gun at the time but, because Texas law forbid her to carry a gun into public places, she was unable to save her parents.
Hupp, a former Republican of the Texas House of Representatives from 1997-2007, testified before Congress in 2013 arguing against the state’s gun control laws.
“I don’t view myself as a victim of gun violence,” Hupp said in an interview with Fox News’ Megyn Kelly. “I view myself as a victim of a maniac who happened to use a gun as a tool. It still makes me angry when I think about it. You can’t go up against a guy with a salt shaker or a butter knife.”Imagine if such a law had been in place when the mass shooting happened at Virginia Tech in 2007 where 32 people were killed by Seung-Hui Cho.
If only someone in those buildings the killer was in had had a license to carry a firearm, the number of those dead and injured could have been lower.
It amazes me that when it comes to the possibility of allowing people with proper licenses to carry concealed handguns on campus, students are scared that every day could be a could be a “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” style situation where everyone with a gun will start shooting everyone else.
The open carry law in Texas does not mean there will be a massive jump in gun sales allowing students to buy a gun.
Personally, guns scare me. I have a dog who barks at anything that lets me know when there is trouble nearby and then I can take steps on what to do if I am face to face with a gunman. Buying let alone even considering looking into owning a firearm is not on my list of things I want.The whole point, however, of owning a gun is to hopefully never use it. It’s a deterrent.
If you still think prohibiting students from having a firearm on campus is better then consider this nightmare scenario that, God willing, will never happen.
It’s around 11:30 a.m. and the hall near the Subway restaurant at your college campus is packed with students, faculty and employees waiting in line to buy lunch. No one notices a guy walking through the hall carrying a large duffle bag who goes into the back of the cafeteria where not as many students. He calmly starts taking out his cache of weapons. Still no one notices until the shots ring out from his AK-47 assault rifle.
Within a minute 60 or more are dead or injured. The call goes out to campus police. By the time they get to the building and students are running for their lives shots are still ringing out inside. Dallas police would still need time to assess the situation from witnesses.
I would suggest the situation could have been resolved in the space of minutes if someone in that restaurant had a license to carry a firearm on campus and take out the shooter.
As Hupp told Congress, “I’m a mom and I just can’t imagine being back in that position, but instead of having my parents with me, having my kids with me and not have any way to protect them. You can be a liberal and talk about gun control all you want, but when you’re actually in the situation, most normal people want to be able to defend themselves and their children and grandchildren.”
©3/25/15
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