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The Importance Of Allowing College Students To Carry On Campus

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Colleges across the nation have been discussing to pass a bill that will allow students to carry a firearm on campus. A majority of colleges prohibit a student having a firearm on campus while there are some that will allow students to have a conceal and carry permit and carry a handgun on campus. There are only eight states that allow students to carry firearms on campus. The eight states that allow students to carry are; Texas, Utah, Oregon, Wisconsin, Colorado, Idaho, Mississippi, and Kansas. The most recent state to allow college students to carry a firearm on campus is Texas. The bill will only become effective in August of 2016. It is a common argument that a gun present would only make a shooting spree more dangerous and violent. In some cases it could make the scene more dangerous; for example how could law enforcement determine the difference between an armed student or staff to the actual shooter. If schools would allow trustworthy staff members to carry a firearm, many shootings could be stopped. Another major point for conceal and carry on campuses is a handgun could stop an assault when students are walking alone during the night. …show more content…

Some states do not require you to go through a training in order to get a permit; there are states that will allow someone with just a hunter education license to obtain a permit. Some open firearm carriers are not well educated on firearms. This could lead to a lot of misuse of the firearm or accidental shootings. A common mistake by many open carriers is when they need to use the gun, the gun does not support the shell they are trying to inject. With constant practice of shooting, ejecting, and reload there will not be any accidental situations that could have been

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