I really enjoyed reading this article from The Dallas Morning News, released on February 27, 2009. It is very controversial, because it talks about how a State Representative and a Senator are pushing for the legislature to pass a law that would allow students and professors to carry guns on campus.
Supposedly this would make it more safe in the case situations like the one on Virginia Tech would present. I my opinion, I personally think, this would actually make things worse. It is somewhat more terrifying knowing that many people around you are armed, rather than acknowledging the possibility that a situation like the one on Virginia Tech could happen. What if a similar situation as the one on Viginia Tech really presented, and the students and professors started shooting. Would the fact of them carrying guns make the situation better? Would it work in safing people's lives? Maybe, I don't know. But I have to agree with the author, in that, maybe when the police intervenes, they could confuse the students who are just shooting to protect their lives with the person who started the shooting, or they could be shot by the police by mistake as well.
The author clearly expresses his ideas of opposition. I think he did a great job explaining the reasons why he opposed, and I have to say, I agree with him!
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