Suzanna Gratia Hupp explains meaning of 2nd Amendment!

"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed...."- Noah Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, 1787

On October 16, 1991, Hennard drove his 1987 Ford Ranger pickup truck through the front window of a Luby's Cafeteria at 1705 East Central Texas Expressway in Killeen, yelled "This is what Bell County has done to me!", then opened fire on the restaurant's patrons and staff with a Glock 17 pistol and later a Ruger P89. About 80 people were in the restaurant at the time. He stalked, shot, and killed 23 people and wounded another 20 before committing suicide. During the shooting, he approached Suzanna Gratia Hupp and her parents. Hupp had actually brought a handgun to the Luby's Cafeteria that day, but had left it in her vehicle due to the laws in force at the time, forbidding citizens from carrying firearms. According to her later testimony in favor of Missouri's HB-1720 bill[1] and in general, after she realized that her firearm was not in her purse, but "a hundred feet away in [her] car", her father charged at Hennard in an attempt to subdue him, only to be gunned down; a short time later, her mother was also shot and killed. (Hupp later expressed regret for abiding by the law in question by leaving her firearm in her car, rather than keeping it on her person. One patron, Tommy Vaughn, threw himself through a plate-glass window to allow others to escape. Hennard allowed a mother and her four-year-old child to leave. He reloaded several times and still had ammunition remaining when he committed suicide by shooting himself in the head after being cornered and wounded by police.

Reacting to the massacre, in 1995 the Texas Legislature passed a shall-issue gun law allowing Texas citizens with the required permit to carry concealed weapons. The law had been campaigned for by Suzanna Hupp, who was present at the Luby's massacre and both of whose parents were shot and killed. Hupp testified across the country in support of concealed-handgun laws, and was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1996. The law was signed by then-Governor George W. Bush and became part of a broad movement to allow U.S. citizens to easily obtain permits to carry concealed weapons.

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[Steve Watt]

I'm almost 50 years old, and by far one of the most horrible days ever was the day a madman murdered 20 first graders. Since then, come hell or high water, I carry a 45 in the event I unfortunately HAVE to defend the innocent from the evil. It is in your (you reading this) best interest to continue to elect officials that will not restrict this right. It will be me, not them, that may someday save you and your families life.

[supergrover6868]

That kind of obnoxious typo nazi bulllshit is a waste of time. Its not a legal letter its you tube. Spare me.

Concleaed carry is silly. People have to hide a weapon so cowards can feel confortable. Yet it works just as well against criminals. In America there is no sympathy for criminals commiting a violent act against innocent people. If the criminals is killed in that act. Its not a conceren to anybody.

[schmoborama]

Well you're in the minority of people spewing crap here. You've also been misinformed - your odds of dying go up when there's a gun in the house.

h t t p://mark.reid.name/blog/gun-de­aths-vs-gun-ownership.html

And if a thug does threaten you with a gun - remember it was originally bought by a "law abiding citizen" for "home defense"... can you say self-fulfilling prophecy?

[BriKuz]

Guns are NOT my wife or I's hobby... they are our way of assisting in the assurance that our children remain safe. My wife is 5'3" and 8 months pregnant... she has limited ability to fight back an attack on her and my daughter, and she is unwilling to trust the "good" intentions of a robber or rapist in only wanting to steal or get a quick nut, so she will do what she can to avoid such a situation, and to reply forcefully with multiple .40S&W rounds is avoidance is not an option

[BriKuz]

How many parent's and family members lost their loved ones in the incident that Hupp is describing? It was NOT just her parents who were killed, it was many others in the same diner... How many of those 52 parents would NOT be mourning the loss of a child if any one of the school administrators that crazy-boy encountered BEFORE getting to the classrooms had been armed and dropped him?

[schmoborama]

Oh shit! Run guys! Gammar-Nazi's here!!

[schmoborama]

"You are too stupid to understand"

Understand WHAT?? You haven't offered a single fucking thing to understand or misunderstand. How many posts that say absolutely nothing are you going for? Why don't you just do them all at once, then you can gtfo.

[videonub]

Could I interest any of you fine gentlemen in contraceptives and a lesson on the finer points of grammar?

[supergrover6868]

A scummy childish cunt at al that. You are too stupid to understand. your scourage of the earth Theres no argument, no disussion here. Your a fucking low life, go to hell.

[schmoborama]

Blah blah blah, blah, blah blah, Blah, blah, blahBlah, blah, blah.

All the best that someone who's STUMPED can come up with. You can't defend yourself against what I proved; you LIE, and you don't give a SHIT about this woman or her family unless it means you get to keep your pop-gun. So instead, you insult, insult, insult, insult, insult, insult, like only a cavemen can.

[supergrover6868]

Ther is nothing more to say. You people are just inhuman animals siezing on deatha and tragedy to further backwards political agenda. Its not up for discusion. You have nothing of worth. Your just a scummy cunt.