Guns on campus

I saw on the news today there are students trying to get a law passed allowing them to carry concealed weapons on campus. Are they f^(%in crazy? On the 10th anniversary of columbine, a day when you would think people would be thinking about a world without guns, here we are, and people are trying to bring more guns in. How will that solve the problem? The students say that they want to be able to defend themselves against an attack like Columbine or Virginia Tech. Well that’s all well and good and believe me I’m a strong supporter of the 2nd amendment but I think this will lead to some serious trouble. Just imagine this: some kid gets drunk at a party, starts to get out of hand. Sound familiar? I think pretty much everyone who's been in college can attest to the fact that this is pretty common. Except, now imagine that he's carrying a gun. And an argument starts, and it escalates and becomes physical, and then the kid busts out the gun and maybe he doesn't mean to use it but whether he does or not, a struggle ensues and the gun goes off and kills someone. More guns, especially at school, are not the answer. If you’re in the street or in your house or someplace like that, you should be able to carry a concealed weapon if you have a permit for it--but not on a school campus. There has to be someplace that’s weapons-free. Even if school shootings happen, fighting fire with fire is not the answer in this case. That’s just my opinion. I see it easily doing way more harm than good. I just don’t think college students are responsible enough, in general, to be handling weapons. They can’t even handle themselves on spring break! Can you imagine if you throw guns into the mix? Just picture the insanity of spring break...and now put a gun in just one of those kids' hands. A professor at the school where this debate is currently going on made that point, and I thought it was a great one. Yes, college students need to be able to defend themselves, but you can do that without guns. Guns are trouble, and more of them is more trouble. That's not to say we should take away peoples' rights to bear arms. I completely agree with that right. But I don't think that means that immature college kids who are often intoxicated and making questionable decisions should be given the means to shoot each other.