The real issue isn't how the police or the university handled it. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a big fan of gun control insofar as it affects those who buy and own firearms for hunting and for sport. But lets face it, the Walther P22 and Glock 19 aren't sporting firearms. They are, first and foremost, designed for law enforcement/paramilitary use. They aren't worth crap as target pistols, and as far as home defense goes, I can walk into the local Wal-Mart in just about any state in the U.S. and be out the door inside of a half hour with the best home defense weapon that money can buy.

If a shoot some hyped-up junkie that broke into my house looking for drug money with a .22 or 9mm in a non-vital area, chances are they're not gonna stop. There's also the added danger, especially with the 9mm, of the round hitting something (or someone) beyond my line of sight. If I put a load of 12-guage 00 Buck into you inside of 20 feet, it doesn't matter where I hit you, you're gonna go down, and you're not gonna get back up. The muzzle velocity of buckshot from a shotgun isn't nearly as high as that of a 9mm pistol either.

The bottom line is, that chump had no realistic rationale behind buying those guns. Am I saying they should be banned? No. But they shouldn't be available to John Doe the college student to buy on a whim, either. People who work in security/law enforcement have a reason to own and carry handguns, both on and off-duty. Same goes for those with concealed carry permits. That's going to be a hard pill to swallow for most of the "You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead hands" crowd, but if you want to be taken seriously for now on, you really don't have a choice.