All I have to say is HOW DARE HE? Doesn't that evil gunman know that college campuses are gun free zone. Boy he better hope the authorities don't catch him or he'll be in real trouble for having a gun on campus. This just isn't right. We need a law. What would be so hard about passing a law mandating that you aren't allowed to steal from people in gun free zones.
In case you missed it, the previous paragraph was written with the sarcasm switch on my keyboard turned up to high.
Now the really disturbing part of the whole thing:
President Johnny B. Watson says the "incident is over" and that faculty followed set protocol in an emergency situation like this. Watson said those who feel the need to go home should do so.
The guy was not caught, but since no one was hurt the President decides that the incident is over because they followed the rules. What the hell? What is the mascot at LeMoyne-Owen College? A sheep? Maybe its a victim?
What kind of administrator deals with a situation like this by just telling the victims if you feel the need to go home you should do so? Today there should be 18 sets of really pissed off parents in that clown's office demanding his head on a pike.
If the politicians and bureaucrats in this world want to take the responsibility for defending ourselves away from us, then they had better be ready to step up and do the job for us. Maybe we should get the lawyers involved - every time a person is victimized in a gun free zone they should sue every administrator of that area and every politician that is in charge of that gun free zone. Start with the mayor and work your way up through the governor, congressmen and senators. After all they are the ones who made those 19 victims such easy pickings. If they want to disarm the population they should have to pay the price when those disarmed people are victimized.
Now, I'm not sure I like the idea of unlimited guns on campuses. I remember how stupid most of the kids were when I was in college. I'm not sure I want kids that drunk carrying firearms. But I have a daughter going off to school in less than two years and I would like to know that she is able to defend herself if need be. Because depending on university bureaucrats and politicians to protect her isn't going to cut it. Do you think the criminal in this story would have been so bold if he thought that the professor and maybe one or two of those students were carrying concealed.
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There was a philosophy teacher in college that stated "A law that is not enforced is not a law". Meaning if something is on the books you have to enforce it or it shouldn't be on the books. When I have mentioned this to law abiding people they don't get it. Those who abide by laws without someone looking over their shoulders think that everyone else does the same.
I mentioned this same thing several years ago to a fellow student that if the government makes it illegal to defend oneself then it is up to the government to ensure that they will not need to defend themselves. But I have never seen a college campus set up like the secure area of an airport so I don't think they are even making a token effort. That is other than the single police officer on the Segway.
Common sense is dead.
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