At a promotional event for his book '' 5 Days That Shook the World : Seattle and Beyond '' ( 2000 ) Alexander was asked what his position on the Second Amendment was and responded " ... a native Mexican turkey wandered onto my property in Humboldt County , unaware that the California Fish and Game regulations permitted a window of vulnerability for the aforementioned wild turkey . I then proceeded to my 12-gauge and brought that turkey down , thirteen and a half pounds , plucked it , drew it , and ate it , with my loved ones as they say . " He was subsequently asked if he was opposed to all forms of gun control to which he quipped " I think people should n't carry Howitzers . " In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre of 2007 Cockburn wrote " There have been the usual howls from the anti-gun lobby , but it 's all hot air . America is not about to dump the Second Amendment giving people the right to bear arms . " He advocated instead to arm hall-monitors and appropriately screen teachers and cited the instance of the shooting at the Appalachian School of Law in which the shooter was disarmed by students after killing three faculty members
shooting at the Appalachian School of Law
Appalachian School of Law shooting
Alexander Cockburn