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Guns On Campus Shootings

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Imagine its an ordinary day at your college, everything happening in perfect sync and it is normal but all of a sudden you hear a gunshot, then another one and it keeps happening? Imagine this situation and you have nothing to protect yourself with, now imagine it with you having a gun with you to protect yourself from the shooter, wouldn’t that make you feel safe and secure? In 2013, at least 27 shootings occurred in or near a college. Eighteen peoples were casualties of these tragedies and a lot more had injuries connected to the shootings. How does one stop themselves from becoming one of the victims, this can be done through the guns on campus legislation which is going around all states and 9 states have already agreed with it. Guns on

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