When May I Shoot a Student?---A must-read masterpiece of weaponized snark.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

20. "Affirmatively legalizing carry on campus encourages carry."

And? If teachers can be trusted around children, what's the problem? If they can't then why are they teachers?

By the way, I'm perfectly capable of grasping sarcasm but crappy sarcasm that relies on half-truths (read: half-lies) isn't sarcasm and barely rises to the level of polemic. It's a crappy op-ed pretending to be deep-seated intellectual wit.

For example, take his ridiculous point about being of advanced years with diminished reflexes. He claims that should raise the impetus for him to get the first shot but that would be unlikely in the event of an active shooter. Dr. Redonkulous conveniently ignores the fact that he's not the only one around; yet, he imposes his personal circumstances upon all other possible actors in the scenario. I'm sure there are plenty of people who would be younger, healthier and better trained.

He also presents his scenario as if a shooter would first be going for him to the exclusion of all others. Most mass-shooters simply start shooting -- and continue to do so until confronted by equal or greater force.

And, at the expense of sounding John Rambo-ish (I'm not) a good person should never want to be the first person to start shooting in a confrontation but they should always strive to be the last.

He also ignores the fact that shooters wanting to perpetrate mass shootings are looking to inflict most harm possible. That means they want to be left uninterrupted for as long as possible. That is why they choose schools and other such venues. I promise you'll see more mass shootings at gun-free zones than you'll ever see in places known for people carrying weapons.

I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, a self-defense expert (or "NRA apologist" ). The technical discussions in the RKBA forum tend to leave me behind. But I even I can see the glaring fallacies in his presentation, so much so that I have to assume the only people who would actually buy into it are those who want to do so at the expense of a half moment's contemplation.