The horror! Any evidence at all - any data - that this is a problem, that this causes violence? Oh, I know, some will bring up Virginia Tech and Seung-Hui_Cho. Well, damn - he didn't need campus carry to be legal to do that and, if it had been, perhaps (better than even odds) someone might have been able to end it early.
Oh, sure - as one student who apparently lives in a fairy tale world noted; "It promotes violence. You have lethal weapons on campus in a place where we're supposed to get a higher education, not carry bullets and guns and be prepared to kill someone. It's bizarre to me," said James Alexander, 21, a political science major from Pottstown. There is no way - NO WAY - a criminal (see previously mentioned shooter) would have them there to commit violence and murder if they were not permissible. We all know that gun-free zones - like movie theaters and elementary schools and college campuses - never see violence.
Been there, done that. Been on campus when the loud speakers go off and the campus goes into lock down. Had students tell me they were not scared because I would protect them. Had to ask myself how I was going to do that in a classroom of 200 students when someone with a firearm walked in and all I had was my briefcase. I guess my job that day was to die in place as needed.
Sounds like Mr. Alexander's instructors need to focus him a bit more on critical thinking skills.
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