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A horrific day unfolded at Brown University as a gunman opened fire inside the Barus & Holley engineering building during final-exam week, killing two students and wounding nine others in what has become yet another American campus massacre. The shock and sorrow sweeping through Providence are real, and so is the question every patriotic American must ask: when will our leaders stop treating these tragedies as inevitable?
The attack reportedly happened during a review session for exams, with students suddenly forced to hide under desks while chaos reigned and police sealed off portions of College Hill in a citywide shelter-in-place. That the shooter could walk into a classroom and unleash terror while the campus was supposed to be a protected space shows the failure of institutions that prioritize optics over actual safety.
Law enforcement later detained a person of interest at a hotel in Coventry after tracing cellphone data and released footage of a man in dark clothing; officers recovered firearms and high-capacity magazines at the scene and in the suspect’s room, according to investigators. Reports that the attacker fired dozens of rounds before fleeing underline the lethal efficiency of the weapons used and the need for decisive action to stop killers in their tracks.
Brown University canceled remaining exams and scrambled to support a community left reeling, while hundreds of officers from local and federal agencies descended on the area to search and secure the campus. These are necessary emergency responses, but they do not replace the hard work of prevention — something administrators and elected officials have chronically neglected in favor of performative statements and ritualized vigils.
Let’s be honest: the culture that elevates softness on crime, demonizes responsible gun ownership, and treats every call for common-sense safety as an affront to virtue bears some responsibility for making targets of our children. Conservatives are not blind to suffering, but we refuse to accept the premise that Americans must give up freedom and self-defense because elites refuse to enforce laws and secure campuses. No more platitudes — we need policies that protect life and liberty.
Practical steps are obvious and long overdue: beefed-up trained law-enforcement presence on campus, sensible hardening of vulnerable locations, clear lines for rapid armed response, and rigorous prosecution for violent offenders — while also expanding mental-health resources that actually reach at-risk individuals. If the left insists on offering only bans and virtue signaling, conservative leaders must push a real safety agenda that respects constitutional rights and protects students.
Our prayers and resources go to the wounded and the families who lost loved ones, and to the first responders who rushed into danger. But sympathy must be matched with resolve: demand answers from university administrators, hold politicians accountable for failed policies, and never normalize a country where students live in fear while bureaucrats posture. America can be both free and safe if we insist on leadership that keeps its promises to hardworking families.
