Recently, a few states have or are getting close to allowing
students to carry guns on campus. Texas I believe is the state closest to
getting it done, and in Montana, the governor just vetoed the bill that would
have allowed it to happen.
What are they thinking! Before we get into who is
conservative or liberal, who believes in the second amendment or not, let us
remember this is about student safety not politics. Keep your political views
out of the equation and think for a moment!
Here are just some of the issues colleges are having
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Women getting sexually assaulted on campus
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Drug and alcohol fueled parties
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Racism
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Cultures of extreme meanness
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Classism
I could go on, however, the question is do you really want
to throw firearms into that mix? Imagine what could happen if young, emotional,
hormone filled, sometimes irrationally ignorant students get a hold of a
firearm.
College is supposed to be a place of learning, and we are
supposed to be teaching our students not arming them. I have no issue with guns
in the right place at the right time, and as a long time educator, I strongly
believe based upon experience that arming students will make things worse.
Dr Flavius A
B Akerele III
The ETeam
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