A former National Guardsman with a documented history of supporting ISIS unleashes terror on Old Dominion University, wounding two innocents before being stopped—yet another stark reminder that evil doesn’t discriminate by background, but our defenses do. Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, was arrested Thursday after opening fire on campus, as reported by the New York Post. This isn’t just a random shooting; Jalloh’s rap sheet includes a conviction for backing ISIS, and he once served in the National Guard, giving him military training that amplified his threat. The fact that he slipped through the cracks post-conviction to acquire firearms underscores a brutal truth: background checks and red-flag laws failed here spectacularly, as they so often do when the perpetrator harbors jihadist sympathies rather than fitting the politicized domestic extremist mold.

Digging deeper, Jalloh’s case exposes the hypocrisy in the gun control narrative peddled by anti-2A crusaders. If this were a law-abiding citizen exercising their rights, the media chorus would scream for universal checks and assault weapon bans. But when it’s an ISIS sympathizer—someone the feds already flagged—crickets on preventive disarmament, because the real issue isn’t guns; it’s unchecked ideology festering in plain sight. National Guard vets like Jalloh aren’t rare in these incidents; their access to training makes them deadlier, yet post-service monitoring is a joke. This aligns with patterns we’ve seen from San Bernardino to Pulse, where radical Islamists exploit soft targets despite no-fly lists and watchlists that gun controllers conveniently ignore when pushing their agendas.

For the 2A community, the implications are crystal clear: arm up, train hard, and reject the false security of government gatekeepers. Jalloh’s rampage was halted not by bureaucracy, but likely by armed response or sheer luck—imagine if ODU students or staff carried concealed, per Virginia’s permissive laws. This tragedy bolsters the case for campus carry, constitutional carry nationwide, and defunding the ATF’s overreach, which distracts from real threats like Islamist radicals. Don’t let the left spin this into gun violence; it’s radical violence enabled by disarmament fantasies. Stay vigilant, Second Amendment defenders—your rights are the last line between chaos and civilization.