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.
This is a great article and thank you for posting this. I have been thinking about the same for long time now. I know we all have different experiences with guns and each one of us has a different opinion about this Texas "campus carry" law. I may say it is good idea that students with guns could prevent some of the carnage inflicted by someone bent on killing on campuses but I disagree on the same when I think of the idea of young people, given the mental health issues and stress some people among the college demographic face, with weapons tucked under their coats.... It is a very dangerous proposition. I am worried that the presence of guns might impinge free speech by making some students too fearful to speak their minds in class. I feel that Campus carry, is forced on the campus by outsiders to make a political point.
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