Tragedy, Guns, and Rape

I stumbled across this article today and was absolutely astounded and horrified.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=6121915&page=1

In essence, an 8 year old boy shot himself with a micro-Uzi, a fully automatic handgun capable of delivering 600 rounds a minute (I got that stat off of wikipedia but it's actually for the regular Uzi. The micro-Uzi probably fires at a higher rate. . .I've seen stats of up to 1700). The kid was at a Firearms Expo with his father, and there was a qualified firearms instructor nearby. I'm not sure exactly what happened, and I doubt anyone will ever be able to definitively say--these things happen so fast--but basically the kid opened up without his father or the instructor close enough to assist him. As a result, the boy was overcome by the continuous muzzle rise and ended up shooting himself in the head. As I understand it, automatic weapons are hard to control, even for adults.

Obviously this was a grievous mistake by both of the adults present that ended in a terrible tragedy. It should not have happened.

Naturally, the anti-gun members of our society are swarming all over this story condemning Americans and their "selfish belief in guns." I was surprised by the vehement anti-gun comments on the article; to find myself labeled as "evil." As if a person who believes in the Constitution, Freedom, and the right to personal protection is somehow misguided by false ideals.

An example of what anti-gun people think about us gun owners: "Gun owners are anything but responsible. They are sick, and they are getting sicker. It's a form of mental illness that's spreading throughout our country and our legislators are responsible for every innocent death. . .Get the guns away from every jackass and luney [sic] tune that shouldn't even be holding a toothpick." (It pleases me that most of the anti-gun comments are neither intelligent or logical).

Here is one of the more disturbing comments that I found, "A woman lying raped and dead on the ground is morally superior to a woman standing with a dead rapist at her feet and a smoking .357 in her hand."

What?! Why is it the woman's moral superiority that is being questioned here?

Personally, I think that the woman standing over the dead rapist with a smoking .357 did a service to humanity. A dead rapist is a safe rapist (I realize this may be somewhat extreme, but this is a subject that merits extremism; I would shoot him myself). A woman has every right to defend herself with lethal force. Period.

Anyway, this has given me a lot to think about. I feel sorrow for the family of the boy that was killed, but I fear the results of this accident will result in more anti-gun legislation.

As an end note: Obama will not support gun rights. His rhetoric is pretty, but he conveniently avoids taking any sort of stance on the second amendment. He says things like "I support the hunters and fishers," and "even if I wanted too, I would not have the votes to ban guns," but it is all just a front. His voting record has been extremely anti-gun (yes, I trust the NRA in this).

Oh, an interesting article on an alternative way to protect against rapists if women don't like the smoking .357 route: http://www.rense.com/general19/rape.htm