So, a shooting on the campus of Purdue University. Of course, the calls go out from all quarters to ban guns on campus - oh, wait, most campuses (including Purdue) already ban firearms. Well, it is a good thing that policy was in place - for the perpetrator.
But then, as usual, Huffington Post goes off the rails on it even further. There are no details, there is a suspect in custody. Don't let that stop you! They go on to have a little ditty at the bottom of the report about "People who want more guns in schools". Of course, in the spotlight first is Louie Gohmert. well, let's hold up a real straw man! Now I am no Louie Gohmert fan - too many stupid things come from his pie hole. But although I have posted this many times, I feel a need to do so again. Perhaps it has been long enough.
So, to Huffington Post and those who feel as they do:
Do you really think that banning guns on campus would stop someone who wants to shoot someone else from bringing one? As ABC just reported, Purdue University policy forbids gun use and possession on campus. Purdue prohibits “the possession, use, or distribution of any explosives, guns, or other deadly or dangerous materials or weapons reasonably calculated to cause bodily injury is prohibited in University Facilities.”
Well, how did that work out? No one wants more guns in the hands of people who will not follow laws and policies anyway. All this rule did was disarm the victim (given that I do not know whether he would like to have been armed or not). While I would like to think that any one who works in such an environment would like to have one in case they need it, I am not that foolish. I know some out there, including most of my colleagues, prefer the fiction of safety and security, to the real world of taking care of yourself. They would rather die nobly than defend themselves. Their choice.
Sadly they keep wanting to make it for me as well.
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