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Should Guns Be Allowed On College Campuses

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The topic for my paper is the issue of whether guns should be permitted on college campuses. After reading many of the articles in the New York Times I have come to a conclusion or better to say liked one of the articles more than the others. The article is called, “ guns on campuses makes the college less safe” by Javier Auyero. The second amendment states the right of the people to keep and bear arms. Every human should have the opportunity to protect themselves, but that doesn 't mean having a gun would do that. There is a variety of ways to protect yourself against violators or terrorist or rapist.

Javier Auyero States many reasons of why we shouldn 't allow guns on campuses. Allowing guns on campuses create a more

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