Texas is preparing to let students carry guns on college campuses. Texas has decided to do this because of all the big state universities they have. They would be the second state to do this, Utah was the first. Colorado lets the colleges decide if they will let their students carry guns. Many believe that this will be the best defense against mass shootings like what took place at Virginia Tech. Proposals to allow guns on college campuses have been rejected in 23 states since 2007.
This has to do with government because it is the government that makes the decision to allow guns on campuses.
I understand where some are coming from that this would help when it comes to mass shootings. I think having guns on campus would help a lot and keep students safer. At the same time I think this could be dangerous. There are a lot of parties with drinking at college. If a fight broke out at one of these parties someone could pull out their gun and start shooting. If this passes and guns are allowed on campuses I believe that they need to have strict laws against possessing a gun while you are intoxicated.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/21/national/main20034291.shtml
i think it's a bad idea to let students carry firearms. I think that a better solution would be to increase security carrying firearms. they're trained in using them and this keeps the risk factors down
ReplyDeletei think this is a bad idea. i think it will cause a lot more violence. the students should be able to carry some for of weapon for self defense. like a tazor or something. a gun is a little extreme
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