Remembering the Luby's Cafeteria Massacre

Washington, DC (TLS). The year was 1991. The scene was Killeen, Texas. A gunman drove his pickup into a crowded Luby's Cafeteria, opened his door, and began firing at customers.

23 people were killed, many of them elderly, and another 20 wounded before the gunman killed himself.

Many of us who remember that incident vividly also remember that this was the start of a national movement to allow citizens to carry hidden firearms. You see, this massacre took place in a 'gun-free zone.'

Establishing 'gun-free zones' is sort of like preaching to the choir. The only people who obey such laws are law-abiding citizens who then become sitting ducks for criminals. The lawless do not obey laws. Thus, gun-free zones do nothing but allow gun-totin' criminals to have the upper hand.

This led several citizens who were caught in the carnage that day to take action. One of those is Dr. Suzanne Gratia Hupp. Hupp led the fight for concealed carry in Texas.

Many other ordinary citizens, some of whom lost their parents in the Luby's massacre, joined the fight stating, 'If only I had been carrying my handgun, I would stopped the madman before he shot my parents to death.'

Just remember the next time you hear a politician, a college professor, a school teacher, a Social Worker, or even a Minister talk about the need for 'gun-free zones,' you are dealing with an idiot whose ideas will not protect innocent citizens but empower criminals.

Read more on this important issue here:
http://ajetpilot.blogspot.com/2007/06/dr-suzanne-gratia-hupp-killeen-texas.html