That's still YOUR OPINION. For the love of all that is holy, you keep saying this, but it's nothing more than you're opinion. And then you have the gall to claim there is no assault, robbery, or rape on campus. Why the hell do you think they put the emergency police contact stations all over campus? Because there was no violent crime there ever and they just wanted something to look good? I think there is a need for guns on campus. There. Now why should your opinion win out over mine? What right do you have to tell me how and where I can exercise my rights without courts, without due process, with nothing more than your opinion, no data, supposition, assumption, and hyperbole to back up what you claim. Why is any of that good enough to infringe upon rights?
Guns are needed on campus.
First, opinions are not bad words. Your OPINION that they are needed is an opinion as well.
However, I have a little more than opinion.
Besides having offered police chiefs and administrations on the subject, let me add this:
School shootings have high profile but occur infrequently
March 25, 1998
Web posted at: 11:01 p.m. EST (0401 GMT)
(CNN) -- While there have been several school shootings in the news this school year, they are still relatively rare, according to recent Department of Education statistics.
In a report issued in March, the department reports that 10 percent of public schools reported one or more serious violent crimes during the 1996-97 school year. The figure was 8 percent for rural schools such as the middle school in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
CNN - School shootings have high profile but occur infrequently - March 25, 1998
Those include HS and middle schools. Rareer still would be colleges.
Homicide is the second most common cause of death among children 5-18 years of age. But the study points out that less than 1% of all youth homicides occur at school.
CDC: School Homicides Are Rare
Despite a heightened awareness of violent crime on campus, national and state statistics show that colleges are statistically safer than society in general. A recent Department of Justice study has concluded that college students are actually less likely to be victims of sexual assault and other violent crimes than non-students of a similar age. The difference for 18- to 24-year-olds on campus, according to the DOJ study, was 68 victimizations per 1,000 students annually compared to 82 victimizations per 1,000 for non-students.
Violent crimes on college campuses are relatively rare - Kingsport Times-News Online
Now if we think, adding guns would only add to the risk. A low risk now becomes a greater risk. Yes, we do have to think, as we don't have a large enough populas to study. So, we ahve to look at overall gun statisitcs,which show a number of accidents, look at average student irresponisibility, and make a judgement (called critical thinking). doing so is not wrong, or improper in a discussion.