Say Anything Blog

At least from my perspective.

Yesterday, some college and high school kids around Dallas decided to ‘honor’ the anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings by protesting gun violence in schools.

“We at El Centro (College) say it’s time to do more to stop gun violence, especially in our schools,” said student president Ashley Holmes in a news release. “School is not a place for guns. We have campus police and Dallas police available for our protection,” she later said at the event.

(emphasis mine)

I, obviously, don’t mean to disparage the men in blue. They have a tough job and for the most part collectively, do their job pretty well.

But Ms. Holmes needs a lesson in Logistics 101.

Gerald Massengill, a retired Virginia State Police superintendent and chairman of the commission, said campus police took 3 minutes to respond to West Ambler Johnston dormitory after Cho killed a man and woman there around 7:15 a.m.

He said it took police 8 minutes to get to Norris Hall, where the shooting spree continued, break through chains that Cho put inside the doors and reach the second floor, where Cho killed 30 people around 9:45 a.m.

If you want to trust the police to protect you in the rare event somebody decides they’re just going to try and gun down as many sitting ducks as possible, more power to you Ms. Holmes.

Me?

I’d prefer the option of carrying in class or having another responsible gun owner in my class to either deter the act from occurring or limit the possible damage that could be done.