For the benefit of my Constant Readers (both of you) .. yes, I am still here and the reason that I have not been blogging recently is because I have endeavored to accept a kinder, gentler attitude towards the world at large.
I thought that would make it a better place to live. Unfortunately, nobody else noticed the movement and it's still a crappy place to live, so I will now resume my normal schedule of broadcasting the news that sucks:
In Oregon:
Portland Statue University (a community college at best) demands that Campus Cops patrol without firearms because it "makes the students feel safer".
Apparently, a Campus Cop drew down on a student, mistaking him for a nefarious individual who had been threatening other students. This student freaked out and so the entire campus freaked out .. never mind that the cops are trained and experienced, and the unidentified wanna-be terrorist is now "The Only One" on the campus with a gun.
Well, if it makes you teen-age students feel safer knowing that a freak with a gun will NOT be countered by a "good guy with a gun", that's your choice.
I wish you well, and hope that the memorials which your co-students will build in your honor are glorious. They will probably be in place until the expensive floral arrangements die, and the the flowers will hit the same dustbin in which your remains will be consecrated.
AS LONG AS YOU "FEEL SAFE", that's all that's important.
Me? I'd rather know that I was safe. But I'm old, so what do I know?
Parenthetically, as far as I know, PSU (Portland State University) is part of OUS (Oregon University System), which has decided that students and faculty are allowed to possess weapons on campus.
I was an employee of the "system", and I carried a firearm for over 20 years on campus. Never needed it; never worried about it. Everybody in my office knew I carried, and nobody ever mentioned it as a concern for their safety.
