I am not comfortable with the ban being lifted on carrying a concealed gun on CU Campus.
To me, this is a recipe for disaster.
I say this because what do students like to do best in college? Party. It doesn't take an Einstein to figure this out. Just because a student has turned 21 does not mean they are emotionally or physically capable of handling a weapon responsibly.
Heck, I am not even ready to handle a weapon, nor would I want to, and these kids are a third of my age.
When your partying, you don't always have your wits about you. Mix that with carrying a concealed weapon and it spells trouble.
I realize that many students are leery of having to walk to class on an almost deserted campus in the wee small hours of the morning or night. However, there are other alternatives.
What about pepper spray?
The goal is to disorient the would-be attacker, and pepper spray can accomplish this. Why do we have to introduce guns and bullets into an unstable environment- a college campus?
I can see it now, all it will take is one campus ruckus - students' wanting to make a political statement - (like "Occupy") and out will come the guns.
According to CU Regent Kyle Hybl, the gun ban was enacted in 1970, and has been upheld since then:
"All along this was a case about the authority of the Board of Regents as a governing body to ensure the health and safety of our students and faculty," Hybl said. "We are disappointed that this Supreme Court has not upheld our authority."
This is not good karma Boulder. Wake up.
I'm starting to feel my knees knocking already.
Read more:Colorado Supreme Court affirms that licensed guns allowed on CU campus - The Denver Posthttp://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20109533/colorado-supreme-court-affirms-that-licensed-guns-allowed?source=googlenews&google_editors_picks=true#ixzz1oNYPBKFw
To me, this is a recipe for disaster.
I say this because what do students like to do best in college? Party. It doesn't take an Einstein to figure this out. Just because a student has turned 21 does not mean they are emotionally or physically capable of handling a weapon responsibly.
Heck, I am not even ready to handle a weapon, nor would I want to, and these kids are a third of my age.
When your partying, you don't always have your wits about you. Mix that with carrying a concealed weapon and it spells trouble.
I realize that many students are leery of having to walk to class on an almost deserted campus in the wee small hours of the morning or night. However, there are other alternatives.
What about pepper spray?
The goal is to disorient the would-be attacker, and pepper spray can accomplish this. Why do we have to introduce guns and bullets into an unstable environment- a college campus?
I can see it now, all it will take is one campus ruckus - students' wanting to make a political statement - (like "Occupy") and out will come the guns.
According to CU Regent Kyle Hybl, the gun ban was enacted in 1970, and has been upheld since then:
"All along this was a case about the authority of the Board of Regents as a governing body to ensure the health and safety of our students and faculty," Hybl said. "We are disappointed that this Supreme Court has not upheld our authority."
This is not good karma Boulder. Wake up.
I'm starting to feel my knees knocking already.
Read more:Colorado Supreme Court affirms that licensed guns allowed on CU campus - The Denver Posthttp://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20109533/colorado-supreme-court-affirms-that-licensed-guns-allowed?source=googlenews&google_editors_picks=true#ixzz1oNYPBKFw
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