Wisdom needed in gun debate

Immature students advocating gun confiscation brought to mind this wisdom from Andy Griffith, as Sheriff Andy Taylor:

You can't let a young 'un decide for himself. He'll grab at the first flashy thing with shiny ribbons on it. Then, when he finds out there's a hook in it, it's too late. The wrong ideas come packaged with so much glitter, it's hard to convince him that other things might be better in the long run.

Naive students swinging placards at the devious behest of dyspeptic agitators long in the tooth should do less chanting and more reasoning. If constraining citizens' access to guns sounds sensible, imagine government limiting the type of church a citizen can attend, location to which they can travel, or how many books they can buy -- and what subjects authors can address.

The wise should not suffer because some students are ignorant of liberty's merit.