More guns on campus's in Arizona seems to be the answer to there recent shootings. State senator Karen Johnson has approved a bill of if you are twenty one or over you may carry a concealed weapon with you.
To me, this seems almost unheard of, but Johnson described that Arizona is a gun friendly state and people carry weapons on there pants all the time.
Johnson, a republican who lives in Mesa said, "She believed that the recent carnage at Northern Illinois University could have been prevented or limited if an armed student or professor had intercepted the gunman. The police, she said, respond too slowly to such incidents and, besides, who better than the people staring down the barrel to take action?"
There are several other states trying to pass this bill, one in particular is Virginia. After the shooting at Virginia Tech they feel like they need more guns.
Do you think that the because of the media attention the Virginia Tech shooting got, other states are considering having more weapons on campus?
I think that more guns are not the answer. I think that we shouldn't have to rely on students and faculty members to be involved in something like that, it should be up to the police. What if something happens accidental because were not trained to be in situations like the police are. I think campus's should hire more security. I think its a touchy subject because people want to be protected, but at the same time I think there are other solutions to the problems. What do you think?
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I agree with you that having more guns are not the answers to resolving violence nor protecting yourself. If we have more guns around us in school and work, that can create an unsafe environment for everybody. Also, most people don't know how to use a gun properly. By approving a bill like this one in Arizona, you're saying that it's okay to everybody to have a gun. That means anybody who doesn't have the proper knowledge of how to use a gun or they have some psychological issues can have access to one. That can result to somebody getting hurt in the process. Situations like the ones that is described in the blogs should be up to the police or hire more security instead of giving guns to everybody.
I definitly beleive the schools need to hire more security I think in order to combat the media craze coverage that seems to entice these disturbed kids to commit these acts, this would be the safest answer.
However, as someone who has a concealed weapons permit as well- the right to bare arms should not be granted to every young adult walking around on campuses. This is an extremely privileged license that reuires a great understanding of it's use. This particular law is perhaps going a little far.
I do not think guns are the answer. Guns are the reason behind them wanting more guns. I think that if students were freely carrying around guns, more shootings would occur. Let's just say you got into an argument with another student. Normally, you would either verbally or possibly physically fight, but now that you are allowed to carry your gun, what's gonna stop you from pulling it out and ending the fight right then and there? I think this is a stupid idea, and it's the states easy fix so they don't have to spend money on extra security.
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