Word on the Street
How do you feel knowing concealed weapons are now legal on campus with a proper permit?
(Last updated: 06/24/09 7:57pm)“I’ve got mixed feelings about it. I can see how it might be beneficial to some people, but at the same time, it makes me a little bit uncomfortable. I don’t really understand how you can walk around on campus going to classes with a gun and not have it in the building. I’m not sure how it will work out for them, but at the same time if it makes some people feel safer — fair enough.”
Amanda Lange
Rome Meeks
Amanda Keedle
Amanda Keedle
human biology senior
“I’m not sure that I actually feel it’s a good idea to have guns on campus, especially when we have a university as large as we do.”
Rome Meeks
psychology graduate student
“Not very good. That’s probably why a lot of the violence is happening on campus. I understand that girls need to be able to defend themselves at night time, but with concealed weapons, people could be carrying guns around and you wouldn’t even know it.”
Amanda Marie Lange
dietetics senior
Originally Published: 06/24/09 7:37pm
Todd
06/24/09 9:09pmI’d feel much safer. Contrary to what Ms. Lange says above, violence on campuses or in schools and churches were not due to the legal use and ownership of a properly licenses CCW permit holder. Why do you think the whackjobs target colleges, schools and churches? Because the know they will be the only one with a gun.
And really, SN, did you have to make this little gig so biased? You couldn’t find ONE respondent to dissent. C’mon, this is a cow college for pete’s sake. It wouldn’t have been that hard to find a student who grew up on a farm and has actually seen a gun before.
Brian
06/24/09 10:18pmPersonally, I feel much safer. Now I know that if I’m concealing somewhere in E.L. and go to pick up my roommate, I can take my LICENSED gun on campus with me. Can’t take it to class, but at least any nut job who tries to go shooting on campus will know that he is now limited to one building… Let’s hope he picks a small one!
And lets be honest, SN isn’t exactly known for the most unbiased opinion section… they say what THEY want told, not how it is.
DJJ
06/24/09 10:30pmGood, half of the student body will be armed and ready to take out the U.N. troops amassing at Farm Lane and Service Road.
DJJ
06/24/09 10:33pmYou liberals are completely clueless. You honestly believe that someone who has the capacity to shoot and kill someone in cold blood is going to pay attention to a concealed weapon ban on campus in the first place? Only good patriotic, law abiding citizens will register concealed weapons.
Dr. Knowledge
06/26/09 1:10amI personally feel much safer and am glad the university is not directly violating my 2nd amendment right. Now lets push for unrestricted carry on campus, now is the time to do so.
statenewspro2A
06/29/09 10:16pmIt defies logic to believe that someone who has taken the responsibility to protect themselves and who carries a gun legally and safely at banks, restaurants, and grocery stores will suddenly change their behavior the minute they cross an imaginary line and step onto campus.
This will not be a problem, just like the change to Michigan being a shall-issue CCW state in 2001 was not a problem. Hopefully Michigan will soon follow Utah and Arizona in full recognition of CCW rights on campus, including in classrooms, etc.
Check out Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
http://concealedcampus.org/