Northern Illinois University and Guns

Mao Tse Tung: "All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party." (Problems of War and Strategy, Nov 6 1938, published in "Selected Works of Mao Zedong," 1965)

My daughter graduated from Northern Illinois U. a few years ago.   On the day of the shooting she was in Dekalb on business. I told her it was time to arm the teachers who want to train and be armed. And it is time to arm some of the seniors, or graduate students. After all, we get the cops from the same society we get our teachers and students, and we let cops carry guns.

It must have made the students wonder what was happening as the shooter kept firing. After all, the students were in a gun free zone.

The people living in Illinois must also feel safe knowing that no one anywhere in IL, except some government employees, are allowed to carry guns. We think by acting like sheep the shepherd will protect us. When was the last time you had a police officer following you around to protect you? Why do the police tell you to risk your life in order for the police to have a monopoly on the protection racket? Maybe it's because they like their pay and benefits and do not want any competition.

If we prohibit guns, why will the government employees need guns? After all, no one will have a gun, right? The police can use tasers to subdue violent people. Let us prohibit guns for all people, except the military and national guard, who can use their guns only in training or to repel invaders.

Making guns illegal will only make the price of guns go up, like drugs, and like drugs, guns will still exist.

I'm sure the Jews in Germany under the Nazis wished they had guns. I'm sure the American slaves wished they had guns.

Charles Tolleson