Imagine if there were more gun control laws in Illinois (I know it’s hard to imagine)! Imagine if Mr. NIU Homicidal Maniac had not had access to those dangerous handguns. What could have happened? Well, since he had a shotgun too, I guess the only way for that make a difference is if we take shotguns away too, but as we all know, gun control advocates in America aren’t after shotguns, they are only after those nasty handguns that nobody “needs” anyway. But foor the sake of argument lets imagine all guns are illegal. Now Mr. Graduate Student goes homicidal, but oops, he just can’t figure out how to get guns because they are banned, and besides that would be illegal. Oh wait, he would get them anyway because a) he is homicidal, b) he is intelligent and c) he doesn’t care if having guns is illegal because he is getting ready to kill people!

Now, imagine if just one student at NIU had been licensed and trained to carry a firearm. How many lives might have been saved?

In almost any other state a school shooting would have had at least a marginal chance to bring about positive change, but in Illinois it’s just going to mean more of the same impotent laws that only effect those that do not break the law (i.e. those not shooting people at schools). In the end it isn’t just an issue of safety, but of freedom. America is supposed to be a land where the balance is in favor of freedom with the belief that social safety will be a result of that. Somewhere along the line American’s started depending on the state to take care of them. Is Everybody Stupid?