GA Students push for concealed carry on campus
I remember a time in my life when I took an odd comfort in "gun free zones". Unfortunately, those signs have morphed into "easy victims here"
At one of my kid's school events I actually felt a chill when I saw a sign that said "gun free zone". At the time I did not own a firearm of my own. I felt especially vulnerable.
These gun free zones have become advertisements to unbalanced individuals and criminals. In the article it mentions a sleeping student being woken in their dorm room with a gun pointed to their head. Not sure what size the GA Campus is, but at my college we had a dedicated campus police force with a fair number of officers and there was still no way they could continually cover the entire campus.
The other aspect I hate about no guns on campus though is once again we are infantilizing(sp?) adults. Students in college are typically of adult age and capable of making adult decisions. If someone is legally of age to carry a firearm and follows the law then they should be allowed to carry. Taking away their rights because they are a "student" and thus somehow less capable is a complete logical fallacy. Universities are supposed to be training these people to be educated individuals.
I remember a time in my life when I took an odd comfort in "gun free zones". Unfortunately, those signs have morphed into "easy victims here"
At one of my kid's school events I actually felt a chill when I saw a sign that said "gun free zone". At the time I did not own a firearm of my own. I felt especially vulnerable.
These gun free zones have become advertisements to unbalanced individuals and criminals. In the article it mentions a sleeping student being woken in their dorm room with a gun pointed to their head. Not sure what size the GA Campus is, but at my college we had a dedicated campus police force with a fair number of officers and there was still no way they could continually cover the entire campus.
The other aspect I hate about no guns on campus though is once again we are infantilizing(sp?) adults. Students in college are typically of adult age and capable of making adult decisions. If someone is legally of age to carry a firearm and follows the law then they should be allowed to carry. Taking away their rights because they are a "student" and thus somehow less capable is a complete logical fallacy. Universities are supposed to be training these people to be educated individuals.