“The latest tragedy at Virginia Tech [where a student fatally shot 32 people on April 16, 2007], one side argues, could have ended with just a few dead if there had been There was an armed citizen there to shoot the killer” (Medred). While others believe the Virginia Tech tragedy could have been avoided if there had been better gun control. “The latest tragedy at Virginia Tech,” says the other side, “would not have happened at all if there had been better gun control, if it had been difficult to get a gun, if weapons had been banned, etc. » (Medred). Both arguments are as valid as they are invalid. No one can know what might have happened if there had been someone on the scene, able and willing to stop the killer with a bullet. Likewise, no one can know whether a gun law would have stopped, or even slowed, this killer's engagement in his murderous activities..