Texas Senate OKs Concealed Handguns on College Campuses: Smart or Stupid?
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2011/05/11 15:42:20
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Just what we needed -- a bunch of college kids walking around with concealed handguns.
On Monday, the Texas Senate approved a bill that would allow individuals with concealed handgun licenses to carry weapons in public college buildings and classrooms, Time magazine reports.
Supporters of the bill say carrying guns on campus is a self-defense measure, one that could allow students to retaliate and defend themselves in school shootings like those at Virginia Tech in 2007 and Northern Illinois University in 2008.
But critics, including University of Texas administrators, fear the law could lead to more campus crime and suicides.
If the bill clears the House, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is expected to sign it into law. Would you call this a smart idea, or a very stupid one?
On Monday, the Texas Senate approved a bill that would allow individuals with concealed handgun licenses to carry weapons in public college buildings and classrooms, Time magazine reports.
Supporters of the bill say carrying guns on campus is a self-defense measure, one that could allow students to retaliate and defend themselves in school shootings like those at Virginia Tech in 2007 and Northern Illinois University in 2008.
But critics, including University of Texas administrators, fear the law could lead to more campus crime and suicides.
If the bill clears the House, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is expected to sign it into law. Would you call this a smart idea, or a very stupid one?
Read More: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/10/texas-senate-a...
Top Opinion
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BlueMax372 2011/05/11 16:08:25Smart
+24Typical of SH-sponsored articles, this one starts out stupid, with "...a bunch of college kids walking around with concealed handguns." The "college kids" would have to be at least 21 to obtain the concealed carry permit and to have been vetted and trained according to state statute. Can we say "knee-jerk reaction," everyone?
Population of that town is over 28,000.
what's the name of the town? I can get the reports regarding homicides and other crimes at that site.
Your information is faulty.
Nevermind, you just want to be invincibly ignorant and continue spreading lies,
That was just to dispel you from wasting your time with another idiotic argument.
So now you are just a liar;
"Because the link is providing false information."
Trust me, if there were no gun deaths in that place, it would be some sort of Utopia and the whole world would know about it.
and add anything else;
knives;
rocks;
sticks;
hammers;
baseball bats;
aircraft;
or even bare hands
and the results can all be the same.