YET ANOTHER SCHOOL TRAGEDY--

It is long past time for lawmakers and school authorities to realize efforts such as posting signs on the schoolhouse door and adding an occasional metal detector are pitifully inadequate to prevent horrific events like the recent tragedy in Virginia.

Nor can armed police be everywhere.

Writing more laws will not help. A criminal, by definition, does not obey the laws we already have.

Gun control laws, specifically, do not work either. If they did, Washington, DC would not be the murder capital of the US.

As law abiding citizens we have a Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. It is called the Second Amendment.

We must recognize that right in every state in the union. It is the US Constitution after all.

And, we must quit trashing that right at the school house door.

Ponder this:

School employees and adult aged students could voluntarily qualify for concealed carry licenses. Perhaps additional training would be required. Perhaps their expenses would be compensated from the public treasury.

Then, school simply goes on as usual.

Except, embedded in there now, somewhere, would be qualified, armed defenders that just might be able to stop some of this periodic slaughter.

It would be similar to having a fire extinguisher on the wall.

Sensible folks pray they never have to use such a device.

But....