When I began reading the debate entitled “Should Guns Be Permitted on College Campuses?” I initially sided with Amanda Collins. Collins owned a concealed carry permit, but was unable to use it at her college. She is a supporter for campus-carry because she believes it may have prevented her from being raped. While there’s a chance that it would have helped in that case, I think in general it would lead to more violence than prevented crimes.
Having an abundance of students with weapons increases the risk for more violence. I would imagine that there would be numerous cases where fist fights would turn into murders with the excuse of self defence if everyone was able to carry a weapon. There is the argument that someone with premeditated intent to harm would just carry a weapon into school no matter what the gun rules are, and in that case a concealed weapon from other students would be helpful for stopping the threat. However, in many spontaneous events, such as a fight between multiple intoxicated students, I think banning weapons would result in the least amount of casualties.
-Hunter Wood
I agree, and if anything, having firearms on campus would increase the risk of a much more horrifying school shooting event in which a group of students may work together to carry out the tragedy.
ReplyDeleteI'll admit that's a very morbid way of looking at this kind of issue, but it's a possibility nonetheless. People can go to tremendous lengths when they abandon dignity, so if they just gave these people a weapon, there will inevitably be consequences.
I agree with your point. Carrying weapons could lead to unnecessary violence among students. If a student were to have a bad day, it could lead to murder because unrational thinking
ReplyDeleteI hundred percent agree with the increase of violence from carrying firearms on campus. The amount of trust and self control one would need is to much for a college student who can be quite unstable. The chances of school shootings would also sky rocket and that is definitely something we all want to avoid.
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