Cheryl Chumley
Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old
former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida — a former
student who was expelled for disciplinary reasons — was arrested for the
shooting deaths of 17 students.
The left likes to use these
tragedies to sing a song of gun control. But they’re making the wrong case.
What’s needed are more guns in
the hands of the right people.
What’s needed is a concerted
and widespread push for teachers, staffers, administrators to be given the
rubber-stamp approval to conceal-carry firearms on school grounds.
Look at the alleged scenario
of this latest tragedy.
“Cruz, equipped with a gas mask,
smoke grenades and multiple magazines of ammunition, opened fire with a
semi-automatic weapon, killing 17 people and sending hundreds of students
fleeing into the streets,” NBC wrote, citing police.
Other media reports said he
first pulled the fire alarm to pour students into the hallway and then, after
shooting, that he tried to blend in with those fleeing into the streets. This
fits with the police telling that they apprehended him at home, after viewing
surveillance video.
Now imagine the scenario where
teachers at this school are armed — where administrators actually have guns at
the ready — where it’s publicly known that staffers are maybe, maybe not
carrying. It’s the last that’s key.
Never mind how many staffers
are actually armed. Fact is, a gunman suspecting resistance — fearing
resistance — may not even carry out gunning plans. Just the knowledge that some
may be carrying could defray killings.
If Cruz thought a teacher or
two were well-armed, would he have gone on his rampage in the first place?
Mull this: “Guns Saving Lives:
12 Stories Cited by Second Amendment Advocates,” a headline from Newsmax in
late 2017.
Or this, from the Daily News
in 2012: “Concealed weapons save lives.”
Or this, from National Review
in 2015: “Gun-Free Zones Don’t Save Lives — Right to Carry Laws Do.”
Or this, from Gun Owners of
America, way back in 2008: “Fact Sheet: Guns Save Lives: Section 8: Arm
Yourself With The Facts.”
That’s right — the facts.
And the fact is: Metal doesn’t
kill. Flesh does. And going after guns does nothing but give the criminals the
upper hand. If we want to stop the senseless violence gripping America, the
tragic incidents of death and mayhem at our schools, we have to address the
root of this violence — the fact that our society is largely godless, morally
drifting, wallowing in secularism, broken and damaged. Until then, let’s at
least level the playing field and give administrators, teachers, staffers —
those who’ve already been cleared to conceal carry — the ability to conceal
carry in the classroom.
It’s for the children.
GOPUSA Staff, Cheryl Chumley, The Washington Times 6:55 am February
16
Cheryl Chumley can be reached
at cchumley@washingtontimes.com or on Twitter, @ckchumley.
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