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[nourelein]

 Does anyone else feel like there's something not right about the concealed guns on university campuses thing? I can't quite put my finger on it but it just feels wrong. I don't feel safer knowing that there's MORE concealed weapons around me.

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[gateandgarden]

Dude, are you joking? Like, everyone I know thinks it's one of the craziest things they've heard in quite awhile. Seriously.

[nourelein]

Well, I saw on facebook that some one I know supports it. I haven't seen him since middle school but he was a smart enough guy then. It just surprises me that seemingly intelligent people can be behind it. I want to hear their line of reasoning.

[gateandgarden]

Yeah, there's this one friend of mine (English grad student and La Literati member and stuff) who supports it. And he's usually politically liberal and all. And he's pretty damn bright, too. It's kind of weird, though, because I know that some of my significantly more conservative friends are against it.

[pygmywombat]

ok, call me out-of-the-loop (because I am), but I have no idea what you're talking about. guns on campuses? on purpose? what??!!

[gateandgarden]

I would try to explain, but then I'd sound like a dumb cheerleader (as I often do), but I found this--

http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/06/hb-199-shelved.html

[pygmywombat]

oKAY that person is a little scary with their full-fledged loyalty to no gun control. The logic is flawed, however. This person says that allowing concealed guns is good because innocent people can protect themselves and the "crazy criminal athletes" or whatever it was wouldn't be authorized. The people who committed the mass crimes were quiet, fairly normal people. More guns means more risk, not less. Besides, what are you going to do to protect yourself if someone does start shooting, start an even bigger shootout? yay for MORE murder!

[gateandgarden]

The whole post is ridiculous to me and the photo is pretty disturbing. And the person has the audacity to use that picture and quote the Rep. Wooten person who said 'it's not about students having guns.' That's exactly what it's about.

And I completely agree with you, of course. People are convinced when there's a shootout, some good person will of course have a concealed gun and take out the murderer before he or she can mass murder more. Yep--I'm sure it's that simple. And as you said, it's the people they don't suspect who'll be doing the shootouts--merely keeping the guns away from the people with criminal records (which won't happen anyway) is not going to cut it. And Jesus, I'm not a sports person, really, but the random jab at athletes?!? Geez.

And how long before people are just playing around on campus? Trying to see if so-and-so can shoot the apple on top of so-and-so's head?