After the mourning of the Virginia Tech shooting, many people became alarmed about the susceptibility of college students at Universities. It has always been thought that Universities have been a haven of knowledge where students of all ethnic backgrounds who were capable and wanted to further their education could merge under one facility and pursue the task of doing so. The concepts of school shootings were confined to nothing higher than high schools due to the stereotype that the grade school students who lacked mental reasoning would one day lash out and create such a travesty. Now that shootings at universities have become more prevalent in these past years, faith in the facility’s security has dwindled to the point where students want to take initiative into their own hands, Referring in part to the push for carrying concealed firearms.
One of the largest emergences of this idea was a group on Facebook immediately created after the Tech shootings. Afterwards, the topic appeared on the news and began gaining momentum when receiving props from the NRA. I don’t believe I am considering all aspects of this issue but as of now, I do feel the concept of carrying concealed firearms to campus is ludicrous. The legislation has passed in Utah and one other state. The remaining has either rejected or is still pending the legislation. Advocates of the legislation conclude by asserting that firearms would only be obtained by the mentally capable. I ask the question, where is the line between that of who is capable or not. Some people who may seem or even are capable of carrying a gun may still pose a hazard to the student body. I feel as if that rational person may lose this thought process when caught up in the heat of an argument or dispute and may make a quick judgment to pull out a firearm and use it. Have you ever been so angered at another person, you felt or said or did something you regretted later? I predict a common dispute between people that would force them to act in such a way, might be over relationships, as that topic tends to make people act before they think.
In conclusion I feel that enabling a student body with such ease to access firearms would result in more shootings due to the fact that people are not always rational at all times and access to a gun could be the bridge between animosity and violence.
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I agree with Brandon’s topic that enabling a student body with an ease to access firearms would result in more shootings due to the fact that people are not always rational of their emotions and acts.
The Gun Control issue is second in the Big Three issues in terms of viewer interest, behind Abortion and ahead of Education. The incident that happened in Virginia Tech shows big time that gun ownership should be limited to the point where people don’t have to worry about their safety at all!
It is understandable that hunters want to be able to have guns for hunting. For that matter there should be a “gun hunting leasing system” during hunting seasons, created for safety purposes. For example: people come – lease a gun for the day when they are hunting and return it at the end of the day.
For those people who want to own a gun at home in order to protect themselves and their family from criminals, robbers, etc. each and every gun should be kept at home only (with a previous background check of an owner and household of course). Also there should be a similar to a GPS system device installed permanently on the gun, just in case the owner wants to take the gun out of his or her house, the police department would be notified of that.
I personally think that guns are very dangerous and very unnecessary, and of course safety comes first, so the possession of firearms law should be restricted in order for people to feel safe and protected in public places.
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