I LOVE IT WHEN THEY MAKE MY POINT FOR ME

In a sarcasm-drenched post "parodying" a "gun-nut" supporting the right to keep and bear arms in the face of the Virginia murders, comedy-impaired HuffPo tool James Heffernan says:

Why should we now hesitate to sacrifice a few dozen people a year for the most precious of all rights we have--the right to bear arms?

Ok, my turn to mock the left: "Why should we now hesitate to sacrifice a few dozen people for our most precious delusion - that gun control works?"

The fact is, James, that the people who died in those shootings had already had their right to bear arms removed from them as a matter of campus policy.

Had they been allowed to exercise their right, this tragedy could've been averted.

Go ahead & read the above link. It's dated April 13th, and it just pegs the irony meter. Here's a couple choice cuts, justifying the campus gun ban:

"I think it's fair to say that we believe guns don't belong in the classroom," [Virginia Tech spokesman] Hincker said. "In an academic environment, we believe you should be free from fear."

"We think we have the right to adhere to and enforce that policy because, in the end, we think it's a common-sense policy for the protection of students, staff and faculty as well as guests and visitors," Hincker said.

Virginia Tech also has the backing of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police. In a policy position paper dated April 1, association executive director Dana Schrad wrote that the presence of guns on college campuses "adds a dangerous element to an environment in which alcohol is a compounding factor." Students should not have to be concerned about guns on campus, Schrad wrote.

"The excellent reputation of Virginia's colleges and universities depends in part on the public's belief that they are sending their college-age children to safe environments," the policy paper reads.

Let's be realistic. When you have a rampaging shooter, one of three things will happen: He will get tired of shooting and surrender, he will get tired of shooting and kill himself, or someone will shoot him before he gets tired of shooting.

I know which option *I* prefer.

The only solution to bad men with guns is good guys with guns. Preferrably lots of them. So it has always been, so it always will be.

Let's arm more good guys.

Support concealed carry.