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« guitar185 wrote on Thursday, Sep 16 at 01:57 PM »
The ban against concealed carry on campus only limits law abiding citizens from carrying, those who wish to do harm with a gun will simply ignore the law and bring a gun on campus anyways, so the law goes beyond pointlessness, its actually punishes and cripples those who legally are allowed to conceal carry. I really wish this short sighted and pointless ban would be lifted. I pray Auburn never ever has to experience anything like what happened at Virginia Tech, I know that if I was ever in a classroom where something like that would happen I would definitely want to take action, but without a gun there would be little or nothing I could do. And as for shooting under high stress situations that argument is a little weak, police officers who have been trained to shoot under stress sometime misidentify a target and an accidental shooting occurs. So should we be restrict their ability to carry since they could possibly shoot the wrong person? I think we would all agree that is a little ridiculous. Also I doubt that lifting the ban would create a nervous student body, due to the fact that the guns still have to be concealed. And as pointed out earlier in this very article "For all we know, classes could be full of students packing heat," and I don't think students are generally nervous about it,a least not that I have noticed as a current student, so I really don't think lifting the ban would create an environment of fear, that's quite a stretch. And as for "how far does the right extend?" question, there are already laws in place for good reason governing most of the places mention. They are prohibited in bars for obvious reasons, you don't want intoxicated people handing weapons, there are also federal laws prohibiting the carry of concealed weapons in municipal buildings, daycares, and schools, these can all be found by simply using google. I'm not entirely sure why the article's author questioned this, there are clear lines already in place governing these locations.
« abm0006 wrote on Thursday, Sep 16 at 11:54 AM »
« footballman wrote on Friday, Sep 10 at 09:13 PM »