Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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The Right to Bear Arms ... on Campus

I like the right to bear arms.  I will grudgingly agree that some places, such as bars, are places where guns probably shouldn't be.  This bill proposes allowing guns on college campuses.  I think that's a great idea.  It would make school shootings briefer, because one of the armed students or teachers might manage to take out the shooter.  And it might help discourage rape, too.
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ravan

ravan

March 22 2011, 01:50:29 UTC 10 years ago

I really don't see college students as "kids", and most of them would be highly insulted by the term being applied to them. You make it sound like we want to hand submachine guns to 13 year olds. The usual age restrictions would still apply.
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ysabetwordsmith

March 22 2011, 02:49:53 UTC 10 years ago

I agree. Treat people as you expect them to behave. If you treat them as potentially mature, far more of them will behave that way than if you treat them as children. (I was amazed how well this worked with the prison classes.) Even 13-year-olds aren't children anymore, they're adolescents, with different needs and virtues and challenges than children.