McCain Backs Gun Rights Following VT Shooting

I don't give John McCain many kudos, but he deserves credit for this statement in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shooting:

Sen. John McCain says the shooting rampage at Virginia Tech does not change his view that the Constitution guarantees everyone the right to carry a weapon.

"We have to look at what happened here, but it doesn't change my views on the Second Amendment, except to make sure that these kinds of weapons don't fall into the hands of bad people," McCain said Monday in response to a question.

The Arizona Republican, who was campaigning in this Texas-Mexico border city, said he didn't know the details of the attacks at Virginia Tech.

"I do believe in the constitutional right that everyone has, in the Second Amendment to the Constitution, to carry a weapon," he said. "Obviously we have to keep guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens."

What I'm still waiting for is the guy who has the guts to say that not only does he support the 2nd amendment, but if students on that campus had been allowed to carry weapons, the shooter never would have taken so many lives.

UPDATE: Neal Boortz has a column on the need to allow people to defend themselves.

UPDATE 2: As expected, the NY Times is calling for more gun control. Of course, bad guys always follow the law.