who's more gutless than the French?

French Canadians.

Tough Bill on Campus Gun Control Likely to Become Law in Quebec
The Quebec government has introduced legislation designed to keep guns — even toy props for theatrical productions — out of schools and off university campuses.

This is, of course, exactly the opposite of what we should be doing: distributing guns to all students on the first day of class. Then every classroom will be safe from scruffy interlopers (Smiff!), and every drunken frat brawl can be brought to swift conclusion at the appropriate level of fiery, bloody, drunken, rampaging-hormone mayhem.