Comment on a colleague's editorial

I enjoyed reading the blog "Plastic bags should be banned in Texas" by one of my classmates. There are some information that I was able to understand on the pro side of banning plastic bags in Texas. My classmate was able to give different facts about why plastic bags are bad for the community. I didn't really think of any reason to why someone should ban the plastic bag but, i was able to gather some information on the bad side of plastic bags after reading this blog. Overall, my classmate did a really good job of providing enough information to persuade others to not use and litter plastic bags with different reasoning.

Texas "campus carry" law

One of the most talked about and controversy topic is the new law that was passed in Texas. The law (“Campus carry”), simply allows specific students to carry a gun with them to school. The only requirements for a student to carry a gun on campus, is that they must have a specific license and also must be 21 or over. If they meet these two requirements, they can carry a gun on most colleges and universities. This law was passed for the public universities and colleges throughout the state. Thankfully, the law did not take affect on two-year colleges and private schools. However, the dates for these colleges are not that far as well since they have announced that the law would take effect in these school soon. The law is basically intended to make everyone from the school to feel safe. With the past events and school shooting from other states, a victim would shoot and kill a lot of people before the police arrives to the rescue. That’s one of the reason this law was passed, it is thought to give an advantage for students to carry a gun with them to protect themselves in this kind of incidents and eventually save some lives without waiting for the police to arrive.

With some positive outcomes of this law, there are also some downsides to it. That’s why I think Texas should not allow the “campus carry” law. I believe that this can only create more violence at school and could lead to more consequences. I’ve heard my statistic teacher talk about his friend who is planning not to teach at school anymore if this law is passed for ACC. This can relate to many teachers who are not willing to stand and teach in front of class knowing that there are students who are carrying a gun in their class. Not only for the teachers, but there might also be students who wouldn’t want to go to school knowing their classmate has a gun besides them. This affects especially those teaching or taking night classes as it is to create a violence at night rather than during the day. I can only see this law making things worse and creating more violence. Even though they have different rules for who can carry a gun to school and only a small percentage of students fit the criteria, we never know when one could be having a bad day and decides to take some bad actions.