No Guns

From my lovely home city of Detroit:

Seeking the attention of presidential candidates taking part in the NAACP national convention, concerned parents and activists said that they plan to conduct a “lie-in” today to protest weak gun laws, particularly on college campuses.

Thirty-two volunteers clad in black and representing the 32 people killed in a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech earlier this year will participate in the event at 11:45 a.m. outside of Cobo Hall. Activists hope to draw attention to how easy it is to buy a gun in America and force the next president to address the issue.

The protest is one of a nationwide series organized by Virginia resident Abigail Spangler to honor the Virginia Tech victims and help their loved ones. [...]

First of all, what "weak gun laws, particularly on college campuses"? Campus security is all about "feeling safe" - not actual safety. And lest the protesters forget, guns are already banned from most college campuses. Murder is already illegal, too. In fact, I am pretty sure it is illegal in all 50 state and in DC. So since there is already gun control on campus, why push for gun control on campus - I mean, unless there are other agendas?

By the way, gun control, or for that matter "campus safety", doesn't deter rapists, does it? No. Rape is an epidemic on college campuses, both date rape and run-of-the-mill standard thugs. And they don't use guns. Of course, colleges protect the "right" of students to get high or drunk all they want, even though these actions contribute to so many times to sexual assaults.

And is it easy to buy a gun? There are already 20,000 gun laws on record.