Looks like a slow pre-holiday here on the blog so I thought I'd just throw this out for your amazement/amusement this morning. Years ago when so-called responsible citizens were allowed to respond to "on the air" editorials an "All in the Family" episode involved Archie's response to an editorial about airline hijacking. Archie's solution to the rash of armed hijackings was to arm all passengers preflight. A John Wayne, Clint Westwood type of solution that for some reason the TV station allowed Archie to vent on air no doubt providing an inspiration to an impressionable, youngish Bill O'Reilly. I suppose that reruns of that old show are making the rounds and this sort of insanity is having an effect on a younger impressionable generation.
http://www.elpasotimes.com/...
Student group wants more guns on campus
By MICHELLE ROBERTS Associated Press Writer
Article Launched: 11/21/2007 01:58:15 AM MST
Click photo to enlargeSigns and a replica of a crime scene draw attention to a booth on the campus... (AP Photo/Eric Gay)«123» SAN MARCOS, Texas—Mike Guzman and thousands of other students say the best way to prevent campus bloodshed is more guns.
Guzman, an economics major at Texas State University-San Marcos, is among 8,000 students nationwide who have joined the nonpartisan Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, arguing that students and faculty already licensed to carry concealed weapons should be allowed to pack heat along with their textbooks
Obviously the way to stop gun violence on campus is to bring more guns. Right out of "Guns save lives.com's" playbook. An approach Chuck Norris would approve of too.
Not all students are quite so crazy though.
Candace Soya, a 20-year-old student at TSU-San Marcos, said she fears chaotic shootouts. If someone decided to open fire on the tree-lined quad in the middle of her campus, armed students would likely make matters worse, she said.
"It's not a situation where you can fight fire with fire," Soya said
Hopefully reason will prevail or on mornings such as this I may be forced to arm myself before leaving for work. Happy Thanksgiving everybody.