"Common Sense" gun law change in Virginia

From TimesDispatch.com:

And until Friday, Virginia law had prohibited anyone other than law-enforcement officials from possessing loaded guns on school property. Individuals with concealed-weapon permits could have an unloaded gun with them in their vehicle, but it had to be in a case or on a gun rack.

Unfortunately (of course), there are still those who fear everything--including responsibility for their own protection--who think everyone should remain defenseless:

The recent legislation "is just a tragedy waiting to happen," said Pamela Pouchot, chairwoman of the Virginia Committee for Gun-Free Schools. She added that it edges "closer and closer to arming everyone with loaded guns."

Pouchot said people who have permits and know how to use a firearm will be able to load it quickly if they need to use it.

She said she fears that someone with easy access to a loaded gun would use it to settle a disagreement when that person's judgment might be clouded.

"Everybody starts out in this life innocent, having never committed a crime," Pouchot said. "But just because I'm rational today doesn't mean I'm going to be rational tomorrow."

So apparently anyone who has an unloaded gun on them can load it quickly enough to use even when under violent attack, but they won't be able to load it and use it quickly when they decide to cut loose on someone who bumped them in the parking lot. Her last line really kills me. Maybe she has a family history of sudden-onset murderous insanity.