Maggie's Farm

No one has said it on any blog, but many are decrying the supposed short-sightedness of gun control. I want to hear someone actually come out and say: Every student should be allowed to carry. Schools, campuses should not be gun-free zones.

Just for the heck of it, I'll say it. College kids should be armed in case one of their fellow students loses it and decides to kill some people. The students can take their guns to parties, to the cafeteria, to classes, to soccer practice, to football games, to dances, to classes and to the library - and anywhere they want so they can be prepared to shoot someone before someone shoots them.

That makes sense. Forget that 90% of college kids have never shot a weapon; accidents with guns make up a huge proportion of gun deaths every year; and it might be just a little too easy for a depressed kid to reach into his holster on the way to campus counseling and shoot himself because shucks, counseling doesn't work anyway. I like the keg party scenario best. Townies often crash big parties on campus and guns would help prevent them from ever doing it again. Oh, and some kid doesn't like the grade Professor gave him? Bang.

There are more gun-free zones in our country than there are gun-zones. The reason for it is obvious to a thinking mind.

I have several guns - loaded and ready to protect myself in my house. But to think it's a good idea to arm young people in any setting is too much to contemplate. It would be like the local news in Washington, DC - night after night of shootings. That's it. I quit watching it years ago because it was all about young people killing one another.

Headlines all over Europe today are calling the U.S. an out-of-control gun society. I guess it doesn't enter their minds one of their universities could be hit despite extreme gun-control laws. They figure the guillotine, rapier swords, brilliant wit, ovens, and sneering down a long pointed nose will stop dissent and bullying. Bully for them and their 'walk-this-way' transition to becoming Muslim.

You cannot arm kids. That would put an end to universities and colleges in this country. What parent would send their child into such potential havoc?

Our collective sadness is making us stupid. The only way to fight this is to stamp PC out for good and take back our lives in such a way that our kids do not succumb to bullies. Then maybe the next time a freak event like this happens, they'll be able to think a little faster and more aggressively. Not that these kids had much of a chance. But had they been armed, the death toll would most likely have been much much higher.
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