By contrast, the New York gunmen faced no opposition to their unspeakable cruelty. In fact, under New York s strict gun control laws, any restaurant employee or patron who had armed himself would be considered as guilty as the murderers. Only the wealthy and the politically connected can lawfully carry a handgun. And so it was by this dictate of law that the New York killers enjoyed the unfettered opportunity to force six men and one woman into a walk-in refrigerator, bind and gag them, and shoot each one in the head. Five died and two were gravely injured.
Civilized people recoil from such vile acts.
Those who would ban firearms seek comfort in the vain hope that if we pass laws to get rid of guns, such horrors would cease. Against all experience, against all that science tells us about the protective value of guns in responsible hands, the gun banners babble on. The most recent spectacle of babblers was the Million Mom March. According to a Washington Times report, fewer than 500,000 gun-control advocates gathered on the Mall in Washington D.C. to call for more gun laws. They believe, apparently, that the 20,000 or more gun control laws we already have are not enough.