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The article in the OP gives an incomplete picture. The law isn't to let anyone with a pistol bring it onto campus.
The legislation is to allow licensed gun owners with concealed carry permits to carry on college campuses. Here in Texas, an individual must be at least 21 years old, receive training on marksmanship and self-defense law, and pass an FBI background investigation in order to qualify for the permit. They're expensive, too.
I like the freedom about guns, but not on campuses, I would be scared.Why not policemen instead ?
Why would you automatically trust policemen? They are humans just like the rest of us hoi-poloi slobs. Only armed and given permission to shoot on sight by the state. Policemen often go crazy with power and abuse their unearned permissions.
oh my goodness, where will this madness end. They should ban guns, not allow students to bring them to campus.
Oh? .. and who's to say that students wouldn't be any safer as a result?
A weak minded cowardly student would be so way less likely to act out and shoot someone if he knows that he'll be met with a hail of gunfire from other students ..
It's the weak minded, cowardly types that like to shoot their fellow students .. and with that, it's the weak minded that are the most afraid of the opposition .. and, if that opposition is armed to the teeth, well, then I guess he won't be shooting any of his classmates anytime soon.
Oh, and it gets better than that .. Even the State of Montana is considering allowing High School students to carry rifles with them in their trucks to school .. so how about that? ..
Oh? .. and who's to say that students wouldn't be any safer as a result?
A weak minded cowardly student would be so way less likely to act out and shoot someone if he knows that he'll be met with a hail of gunfire from other students ..
It's the weak minded, cowardly types that like to shoot their fellow students .. and with that, it's the weak minded that are the most afraid of the opposition .. and, if that opposition is armed to the teeth, well, then I guess he won't be shooting any of his classmates anytime soon.
Oh, and it gets better than that .. Even the State of Montana is considering allowing High School students to carry rifles with them in their trucks to school .. so how about that? ..
In High School ???
High school students are not very mature and smart, I'm not sure it's a good idea
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