Texas State makes the yahoo.com homepage, over students' rights to carry concealed weapons Options

[Mommy]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071121/ap_on_.../guns_on_campus

I dont want a bunch of moronic college students carrying weapons on campus.

[Spectatrix]

Looking at this purely from a legal standpoint, I don't think it's constitutional for firearms to be banned on public property, whether that's a post office, a school, or just walking down the street. I fully support the right of private citizens to form their own restrictions on guns in their homes, cars, and private businesses. If I own a restaurant and I'm not comfortable with my patrons having a gun, I want to be able to post the proper signage and (theoretically) keep guns out.

From a pure practicality standpoint, I think the safety issue here is pretty nill. People were afraid of Western shootouts occurring when Texas passed its CHL laws in the first place, but that simply hasn't happened. It hasn't happened in any place with concealed carry laws, to my knowledge.

Is there a possibility that somebody will go all loony and go on a killing spree? Snap from the stress? Sure. But frankly, I'm more worried about that from someone carrying a gun illegally than from someone with a CHL. Furthermore, if people are allowed to carry on campus, there would be more responsible gun owners around to help stop someone on a rampage. No, I don't think we should get rid of UPD, but it's nice to have that extra manpower, if needed.