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Someone who gets it

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Topic: Someone who gets it
Posted By: alabamatoy
Subject: Someone who gets it
Date Posted: 15 February 2013 at 1:53am
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing Tuesday that examined the current proposals under consideration to curb gun violence. Dr. Suzanna Hupp, survivor of a 1991 mass shooting in Killeen, Texas, was among the panelists who spoke about the constitutionality of universal background checks on gun buyers, banning assault weapons and limiting bullet cartridges.  “Honestly, I don’t view myself as a victim of gun violence,” she said simply. “I view myself as a victim of a maniac who happened to use a gun as a tool, and I view myself as a victim of the legislators at the time who left me defenseless.”  Dr. Suzanna Hupp became a case study in gun control after testifying in front of Congress as a survivor of the 1991 “Luby” massacre in Texas where both of her parents were killed....   In the intervening years, Hupp has become a staunch advocate for concealed-carry, and was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1996. After six terms, in 2006, she chose not to seek re-election.
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Posted By: Doc Savage
Date Posted: 15 February 2013 at 3:49am
Check out the youtube of her 1991 testimony, she really told it like it is.
 
Robert


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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 15 February 2013 at 4:41am

When I left for Korea in '89, I left my bike at a shop in Killeen.  When I returned to the states 1-1/2 years later I was assigned to Redstone Arsenal.  I set up a trip to TX to get my bike.  After scheduling my trip, things changed at work and I was able to leave a week earlier than originally planned.   Megan and I headed for TX and spent a couple of days visiting friends while staying at a motel down the street from Luby's.  I picked up the bike the morning of 9 Oct.  We had lunch at Luby's before hitting the road for the return trip.  At 12:30, 9 October Megan and I had just sat down in the restaurant.  At 12:45, 16 October Hennard crashed into the restaurant and started shooting. 

 
If my trip happened as originally planned we could well have been in Luby's on 16 October.  When I heard about the massacre on the news it scared the shit out of me.  16 October 1991 is when I "woke up" and made the decision to not be an unarmed victim in the future.


Posted By: alabamatoy
Date Posted: 15 February 2013 at 5:40am
Wow.

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Posted By: CJ7OX
Date Posted: 15 February 2013 at 7:54am
Originally posted by mdmTJ mdmTJ wrote:

When I left for Korea in '89, I left my bike at a shop in Killeen.  When I returned to the states 1-1/2 years later I was assigned to Redstone Arsenal.  I set up a trip to TX to get my bike.  After scheduling my trip, things changed at work and I was able to leave a week earlier than originally planned.   Megan and I headed for TX and spent a couple of days visiting friends while staying at a motel down the street from Luby's.  I picked up the bike the morning of 9 Oct.  We had lunch at Luby's before hitting the road for the return trip.  At 12:30, 9 October Megan and I had just sat down in the restaurant.  At 12:45, 16 October Hennard crashed into the restaurant and started shooting. 

 
If my trip happened as originally planned we could well have been in Luby's on 16 October.  When I heard about the massacre on the news it scared the shit out of me.  16 October 1991 is when I "woke up" and made the decision to not be an unarmed victim in the future.
AMEN!

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