Weapons On College Campuses

I mentioned a couple of days ago my concerns about what was basically a good bill under consideration here in Idaho. Well, we can keep talking about it, or we do something about it. We don't know the story on this guy that went into a classroom at Northern Illinois University today and shot 22 people (with a shotgun and two handguns), but I think it's a good guess that they are going to find a history of untreated, or inadequately treated mental illness.

The right long-term solution is to fix the mental health system, including the commitment laws. But what do we do in the meantime? We allow--even encourage--those faculty, staff, and students who have concealed weapon permits to be armed at campus.

As Paul Huebl (a former Chicago cop) points out:

Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL--Illinois politicians gave Mayor Richard M. Daley what he wanted. They made it a felony crime for a law abiding citizen even those holding valid Firearm Owner Identification Cards to carry a handgun for simple self-protection.

They’ve known for a long time that violent criminals and the mentally deranged never let gun laws or Gun Free Zones stop them from committing all manner of carnage. They also know it’s an extremely rare day when dangerous criminals have met any requirements to get gun permits even under the most permissive systems.

Illinois Politicians have made the entire state a Gun Free Zone, at least on paper. Again the result was to provide some whack-job the softest possible target to kill innocent victims and get himself or herself some major media face time. The politicians know these facts only too well and continue with their politics of victimization anyway.