The Brady Bunch and the shootings at Platt Canyon High School.

As expected, it did not take long for the Brady Campaign to use the shooting incident at Colorado's Platt Canyon High School as a platform for fundraising and more gun control. Here is their press release:

Washington DC – Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, issued the following statement:“Our prayers and good wishes go out to all of the families who went through a painful ordeal today as the hostage standoff developed at Platt Canyon High School. We also offer spiritual support to the survivors of the terrible tragedy at Columbine High School, who I know found themselves reliving bad memories today.

“We must all redouble our efforts to take all necessary steps to make our schools safer for our children. This is a responsibility we all share.”

That is all they have to say so far. Soon this incident will be mentioned in all their fundraising letters and emails, and on the floor of state legislatures across the nation. "We need more gun laws to prevent violence in our schools" and "Do it for the children" will once again be the buzz words for this bunch and the other anti-gunners.

Let us take a different and more sensible approach at making our schools safer for "the children" shall we?

Instead of making our schools targets of opportunity for any nutcase or terrorist, why don't we allow our law abiding teacher and school officials to carry firearms if they wish? We trust our schools with the minds of our children, we expect the schools to be safe places for our children to learn and develop, yet we take away the means for our teachers and school officials to protect those we hold most dear. This is lunacy.

"Gun free school zone" laws must be repealed. One man held this Colorado high school hostage. One man reportedly sexually molested hostages before killing one and then himself. Just one man. An armed teacher, parent, counselor, coach or janitor could have put a stop to this in the early stages of the crisis.

Our children are our most precious resource, protecting them should be our highest priority. Gun free school zone laws do nothing to prevent incidents like this one from occurring, they will do nothing to prevent future incidents either. As long as schools are easy targets, they will be in danger from terrorists and nut cases. When it becomes known that schools are no longer unrestricted free fire zones for the bad guys, when it is known that an attack on our children at school will not be an easy task, then our children truly will be safer.

Home work assignment: How many schools have been attached in terror laden Israel?

News story on the High School Shooting.