Guns going to College?

After the mourning of the Virginia Tech shooting two years ago, many people became suspiciously cautious of college students at Universities. It has always been thought that Universities have been an institution of knowledge. A place where students of all ethnic backgrounds who were capable of being there. People that wanted to further their education could merge under one facility and pursue the task of doing so.

Now that shootings at universities have been happening more in these past years, faith in the facility’s security has dwindled to the point where students want to take initiative into their own hands. Students basically want the push for carrying concealed firearms. I don’t believe the concept of carrying concealed firearms to campus is justifying. It is quite ridiculous if you ask me.

The legislation has passed in Utah and one other state. The remaining has either rejected or is still pending the legislation. Legislatures conclude by asserting that firearms would only be obtained by the mentally capable. I wonder, where is the line between that of who is capable or not. Some people who may seem or even are capable of carrying a gun may still pose a hazard to the student body. I feel as if that rational person may lose his thought process when caught up in the heat of an argument or dispute. This could result to a quick judgment to pull out a firearm and use it. Have you ever been so furious at another person, you said or did something you regretted later? I believe a common dispute between people that would force them to act in such a way they may deeply regret. Some arguments, no matter what it may be, may make a person act before they think.

In conclusion I feel that enabling a students with such ease to access firearms would result in more shootings due to the fact that people are not always rational at all times and access to a gun could be the bridge between animosity and violence.