Re: Lone Star College Shooting
Please stop evading and answer my questions:
*Do you make eception for students who are not in the age group you are worried about?
*Do you make exception for students who are in the age group your worried about, but who are also military veterans?
That guns lower crime is as proven as gravity. Claims to the contrery are lies. Also, you are still including in your concern a demogrsphic which the policy change doesn't apply to. That allone invalidates you position.
Not really, no. There is simply no place for guns on campus by students or faculty (I know those people, trust me). Youth is but one reason. Lack of need another. I'll link a few making the case against:
The notion that students should be allowed to carry guns on a college campus is a bad idea. No, it is a really bad idea.
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Why in the world do students needs guns to go to school? They don’t. Students are at a university to learn. The yahoos we let loose on campus with guns are a far bigger threat to the student body than the isolated nut case that goes over the deep end. And there is no guarantee that these “licensed” gunmen (and, we suppose, gunwomen) that might defend themselves or others can hit what they are aiming at.
Our View: Guns on campus goes beyond being a bad idea - East Valley Tribune: Opinion
The theory is that armed students or teachers could take down a shooter and not hit bystanders, instead. But being able to react quickly and aim accurately in such a high-pressure, high-risk situation requires extensive and ongoing training. Police officers, who also have body armor, are required to get it.
The average person isn't. The training requirement for a concealed-weapon permit can be met with a one-time course on hunting safety.
The notion of a deterrent effect, since anyone on campus might be armed, ignores the bloody reality. The angry, unbalanced individuals who go on rampages aren't calculating whether they can get away with carnage.
Universities and colleges, meanwhile, are concerned about a wide range of potential problems. Guns could be easily stolen or lost, getting into the hands of people with darker motives than the owner.
Read more:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarep...arms-campus.html?nclick_check=1#ixzz2JISqZqHl
PHOENIX -- University police chiefs from around Arizona are lobbying against the movement to allow guns on college campuses.
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"More guns does not equate to a safer campus," said ASU Police Chief John Pickens.
"I have a great appreciation for guns, but I've seen tragedies occur when people didn't handle guns properly, or made bad decisions about the use of firearms," said UA Police Chief Anthony Daykin.
"You're going to have accidents where people are going to get hurt," said NAU Police Chief Gregory Fowler. "You add [guns] to that mix of youth, alcohol, drugs, and it's a terrible mix with handguns."
University police chiefs lobby against guns on campus | azfamily.com Phoenix
And no, guns lowering crime is a fallacy. The data used is based on causal relationship errors. Anyone accepting that argument has been fooled by the logical error presented to them.
