Gun Control..When will we speak up???

[GLOCKGUY]

God bless this woman and the pain she must feel...When will enough be enough and we take back OUR rights????
This gal is right on in my opinion...what courage...what a forgiving heart...what a voice for all of us!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=lvV3gr_vinE

[Fallguy]

I've seen this video before...it's a good one.

Wonder if we could get her to come talk to Naifeh?

[GLOCKGUY]

I've seen this video before...it's a good one.

Wonder if we could get her to come talk to Naifeh?
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[GLOCKGUY]

i think that all those in favor of gun control I challenge them to post this sign in there front yard at your home.

THIS HOUSE IS A GUN FREE ZONE

[et45]

I think she is now a State Rep. in Texas.

[dariks]

Who is she and when/where did this interview take place?

[razorback2003]

The lady is a politician/chiropractor in Texas. The interview was probably done in the 1990's right after her parents were murdered in the Luby's in central Texas.

[db99wj]

From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby's_massacre


On October 16 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_16), 1991 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_County%2C_Texas) has done to me!", then opened fire on the restaurant's patrons and staff with a Glock 17 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glock_17) pistol and later a Ruger P89 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Hupp) and her parents. Hupp had actually brought a handgun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby's_massacre#_note-0) and in general [2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby's_massacre#_note-1)[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby's_massacre#_note-2), 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[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby's_massacre#_note-3).) One patron, Tommy Vaughn, threw himself through a plate-glass window to allow others to escape.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby's_massacre#_note-4) 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.[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby's_massacre#_note-5)[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby's_massacre#_note-6)[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby's_massacre#_note-7)

[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luby%27s_massacre&action=edit&section=2)] Consequences

Reacting to the massacre,[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby's_massacre#_note-8) in 1995 the Texas Legislature (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Legislature) passed a shall-issue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealed_carry_in_the_United_States#Shall-issue) gun law allowing Texas citizens with the required permit to carry concealed weapons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concealed_Carry_in_the_United_States). The law was sponsored by State Rep. Suzanna Gratia Hupp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanna_Hupp), R-Lampasas, who was present at the Luby's massacre and both of whose parents were shot and killed. The 1995 Texas law, signed by then-Governor George W. Bush (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush), became part of a broad movement to allow U.S. citizens to easily obtain permits to carry concealed weapons.[10] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby's_massacre#_note-9)
This Killeen Luby's was later reopened after cleanup, but it was later closed for good on September 9, 2000. It has not been positively determined whether the Killeen location's closing was due in part to the stigma surrounding it after the incident, or simply the result of the overall financial problems of the Luby's chain. Now a Chinese buffet Yank Sing has taken residence in the Luby's building.

[dariks]

Thanks :)

[waynesan]

Here's more from Suzanna Hupp.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PhyuJzjOcQE

[jackdog]

She is a state rep, it happened in Texas at a Luby's cafeteria. This lady is as pro gun as you can get.