You would think we would have all learned our lesson after the horrific Virginia Tech massacre. But we didn’t, and it has happened once again. No…make that twice. Back to back campus shootings in Louisiana and Illinois in the timespan of a single week have left a total of 10 people dead. I wonder how many of those victims would still be alive today if at least one other person in those buildings had been carrying a weapon.
You would think by now our leaders would have figured out that banning guns on our nation’s campuses is a recipe for disaster. How many more people are going to have to lose their lives before we all come to understand that people should – and must – be allowed to defend themselves against the very real forces of evil that exist in the world today?
Sure, it’s a cliché, but it’s true nonetheless: Wherever guns are outlawed, only the criminals will be carrying guns. Do we really want our schools’ students, faculty, and staff living with the constant fear that they might well be among the next group of innocent victims facing a deranged shooter with no realistic means of defending themselves?
Keeping the same failed policy in place while hoping for a different outcome every time someone goes on a rampage is simply stupid and irresponsible. The first step in getting out of any hole is to stop digging. It’s time to do away with the ban on guns on our nation’s campuses.
What is it going to take?