No Guns in Schools!

Tell that to the Russians, whose Commandos raided a school occupied by eighteen or more Islamic terrorists (and yes, that's what "Chechen Rebel" means.) Of course the UN condemned the hostage-taking (but then I'm sure the UN condemned the slaughter of refugees at the UN-run camp in Burundi, too.)

As Instapundit noted this morning,

That could be happening here, and sooner or later it will if we don't win this war first.

It would be a good idea if America woke up to the philosophical difference between "violent and predatory" vs. "violent but protective." We need to become a nation of dangerous victims again.

Edited to add, from a CNN report:

"The bandits opened fierce fire on the running adults and children. In order to save the lives of the hostages, return fire was opened on the bandits. Local people who were armed also then opened fire on the bandits. This did not allow the special forces to do their work effectively." -- Regional FSB security service chief Valery Andreyev

Somehow I don't think the "local people" gave much of a shit.

Edited again to add: Laughing Wolf in the comments points to this page at Logic&Sanity.com for a comprehensive compilation of information on the situation in Russia. Really outstanding stuff, most of it translated from Russian news services.

Damn, I love the blogosphere.