Arming students?
Most college campuses do not allow students to carry firearms, but a group called Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC), thinks concealed-carry permit holders should be able to bring weapons onto their campuses to defend themselves and their classmates against a deranged killer, The Philadelphia Inquirer says.
Do you think this would be a good policy? Leave a comment below.
RELATED: Online gun dealer Eric Thompson, who sold the weapons involved in shooting rampages at Northern Illinois and Virginia Tech universities, says he believes that allowing guns on campuses could deter future shootings, The Los Angeles Times says.
March 4th, 2008 @ 9:28 am
Arming staff and students could definitely lead to more violence. It doesn’t really matter if we do arm them, if someone is planning an attack against the school, (he or she) can just plan around that. It could make the attacks more deadly.
March 4th, 2008 @ 9:43 am
Yes!
This is exactly the reason people apply, train and school themselves to be responsible concealed-carry applicants:
To protect themselves if involved in a dangerous situation. Going to school has become just one of those places, as unfortunate as it is. This should be the last frontier of hazard duty; however, that has changed over the last several years.
Why would you require students to be there to get an education and deny them all possible means of defense.
Thanks for the opportunity to respond.
March 4th, 2008 @ 9:55 am
My answer is yes, anyone that is “of age” should be allowed a “concealed-carry permit.”
To those of you who object, I suggest that there be separate schools established for those parents or students that want to be in a “fire-arm free zone.”
Then the people who are so inclined to cause this type of “problem” can go to these “special school buildings” and be assured that they can kill as many students as they want, as there would be no one there to stop them.
Your question, begs a question: When was the last time anyone called the police or fire department in an emergency and how long did it take for them to respond?
If your house is on fire and you call the fire department, do you just “stand there” and make no attempt to put out the fire, or do you try to rescue the people trapped inside?
I assume that you would not “just stand there.” I believe you would make an attempt to save something or someone.
Then why is it in “these school situations,” we seem to want the “police to take change,” and we stand by like “sheep” watching the horror unfold and bodies being carried out.
If that happened to my children in a school system and the school system and had an official policy of a “fire-arm free zone,” after it was over with and if my child was killed and/or hurt, I would file a law suit against the school, individual school board member and those individuals in charge of the school.
March 4th, 2008 @ 9:57 am
Absolutely. The only defense against a firearm is another firearm. An armed society is a polite society.
March 4th, 2008 @ 10:07 am
No, more handguns could cause more deaths if those using them are not qualified to handle emergency situations.
March 4th, 2008 @ 10:17 am
Yes. Concealed Carry permit holders are responsible citizens who can make a difference in a crisis. Why maintain areas where only criminals carry firearms?
March 4th, 2008 @ 10:30 am
I feel Americans have the right to defend themselves. If an adult citizen has a permit to carry a handgun, then there is no reason to prohibit them from have a gun on campus. After all, if we trust them to carry in public, why would we feel their judgment would be any different on a school campus? Making it unlawful to have a gun in school has not stopped shootings in schools and has left the other students defenseless.
March 4th, 2008 @ 10:41 am
Yes. Students and faculty that are concealed handgun license (CHL) holders should be allowed to carry on campus. Before a CHL permit is issued, most states require an extensive background check, training in laws regarding the use of deadly force, dispute resolution, gun safety, use of the weapon, precautions in regard to bystanders, etc.
An armed CHL could well have ended the last several tragedies before they reached their horrific ends. If a perpetrator knows that there is no chance of anyone defending themselves, he will be more likely to act. Conversely, if he realizes that there is a high probability of someone taking him out before he accomplishes his dastardly actions, he is more likely to decide upon some other means of “protest.”
March 4th, 2008 @ 1:20 pm
No. Many incidents of campus shootings result in the assailant taking his or her own life. It makes no sense to arm student and staff–increasing the odds of accident and injury to each other–against someone that intends to take his or her own life. The deterioration and dysfunction that is in progress will not be remedied by regressing to “Old Western” ways.
March 4th, 2008 @ 2:43 pm
Yes. A person who has a background check and has gone through training should be able to carry a weapon!
March 4th, 2008 @ 4:19 pm
I thought the point was to try and keep students from shooting at each other. I am a concealed-carry permit holder, and I do not keep a gun except to protect my family at home. Let’s leave the carry of guns to law enforcement and criminals (maybe an occasional vigilante).
March 6th, 2008 @ 9:09 am
I think that the only people that should carry are the ones who could show that they have had training. Not just training for concealed-carry, but some kind of special training that would go beyond getting a permit to carry. I have my permit and think it would be good and help save people’s lives. It is a sad thing that we have to even think this way.