Comments on: Would you want your children to attend a college that allowed guns on campus?

By: Ancient Thinker

Ancient Thinker — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:41:48 +0000

By: Pvt.Miller

Pvt.Miller — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:54:37 +0000

na thats risky for their safety,people can get too trigger happy

By: Carla

Carla — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:23:01 +0000

Actually, yes, I would because my daughter could bring her own gun!

It you look at the University of Utah (which allows concealed carry) versus other schools which do not allow guns, you will see there is a difference in crime on campus. Plus-tragedies like Virginia Tech could possibly be avoided. I know if I had a gun and some maniac jumped in the room and started shooting, I would shoot back, and believe me, I never miss (been shooting since I was 4)

By: Proud to be an AMERICAN

Proud to be an AMERICAN — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:12:05 +0000

It’s preferable to one that was a known “gun-free zone” and therefore at the mercy of any criminal or crazy in the area.

By: angels_harp_2000

angels_harp_2000 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:30:07 +0000

Look at it this way…… the THREAT comes from the ILLEGAL gun owner….. and he/she is going to carry REGARDLESS of the law and the “gun free zone” signs.

Until you can explain how being 100% DEFENSELESS can some how make you “safer”….. I’d love my kids to be allowed to carry on campus IF THEY CHOOSE.

By: Katana172 version3

Katana172 version3 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:51:45 +0000

I would love for my child to attend, in fact, he or she would be one of the ones carrying.

What you people dont seem to understand is that they do not give away concealed carry permits like candy. In most states there is a very long list of things you must have never done against the law to qualify for. I had to undergo not only a state police, but also an FBI background check. Statisticly concealed carry holders commit far less crimes, even minor ones, then the general population.

There have been few if any shootouts over arguments. Most states require that if you are going to drink one drink, you must unload your gun and lock it up.

Why do you think so many shootings happen in schools and churches? Because the people don’t have to worry about being shot.

I doubt if somebody like you that doesn’t bother to research things for yourself, and gets their info from the anti gun groups, would understand. thats ok though, it’s your choice, and when the cops aren’t there in time, and your wife or girlfriend is getting raped or worse, and you are powerless to stop it, I want to see you laugh then.

By: Joey

Joey — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:33:28 +0000

Would I want my child to attend a college that allowed guns? No, not in a million years. But will you stop someone from coming on campus and starting another massacure? It’s such a sad world we live in.

I would accept the fact that teachers be allowed to have guns if they were trained and went through proper psychological testing. I think they would be the most logical choices in defending our children and being a deterent at least.

By: Obama W. Bush

Obama W. Bush — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:16:50 +0000

Sure if the School offered advanced studies in the subject my children were majoring in.

By: dapo00777

dapo00777 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:30:08 +0000

HELL YES!! An armed society is a polite society. If you know that everyone else on campus is potentially armed, it will cut back on crime. That is a guarantee. Keeping guns off of college campuses lets criminals know that these people are easy marks because they cannot defend themselves with a reciprocal level of threat.

If you are worried about a hot bed of dissent, why not outlaw knives on campus, or pens, or books. I hear all of those items have been used to kill in the past.

By: sunshine33

sunshine33 — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:35:19 +0000

Like not allowing guns has saved so many lives. Maybe if just one teacher or student had been carrying a weapon LEGALLY schools like Virginia Tech would have seen a different outcome. Criminals will always have guns.