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can you comment on this article at http://www.amarillo.com/stories/082408/opi_opin2.shtml ? It is talking about armed campuses being a bad idea.
Mark,
The article is talking about a professor running down the hallway being mistaken for the gunman and then being injured or killed by the responding officers.
There are a couple problems with this theory:
1. The police are too far away….
It is much more likely that the professor will be able to defeat the threat, injure the threat, be shot by the threat, or possibly be shot by another “good guy”…. Sadly even in the military, the good guys accidentally injure or kill another good guy. This is called “friendly fire”. All of these events are very likely to happen before a police officer even steps foot on campus property. Hopefully the gunman will be killed or neutralized quickly, and the guns put away so that the healing can begin.
2. The author totally discounts the threat aspect of deadly force.
If the campus were allowed to arm themselves – anyone wishing the campus harm would have to consider this fact….. They would have to consider that it is likely they will encounter swift and deadly resistance to their actions…. They may even choose not to carry out their attacks because they do not want to risk the consequences. Now if every campus did this and more of the general population did this, maybe multiple attacks are prevented – thereby saving lives and heartache – without a single shot being fired.
Or you can consider the status quo:
The gunman is the only one armed. He can run around campus killing whoever he chooses… The professor may or may not get shot, but it is very likely that many others could get shot.
The cops arrive minutes later and finally kill or neutralize the gunman.
It is very likely many lives are lost. No one could fight back. That is the way the college administrators have it today. It is wrong and irresponsible and college administrators should be ashamed of themselves.
When seconds count – the police are minutes away.
This site doesn’t even deserve a comment. Get over your adolescent infatuation with guns.
A comment of why guns should not be banned. I said that I am a Student Mom. I am classified as a “non-traditional student”. Older people, going back to school are 30% of the community college system in the state where I reside. Of those students, most have day jobs, so they are forced to commute to campus and walk to and from night classes. Not all college campus’ are safe and secure around the fringes, which is where commuters park. I can walk quite a ways some days, but I can’t run from a threat. You’re comment is about a professor “running” down a hall? Egads! So everyone can run! I had a professor that had Parkinsons, which made just writing on the board difficult. Running away from a threat? That prof would have been one of the people pushing against a door to stop the shooter from entering the room. I’ve been reading a lot of student comments and everyone of them that want NO guns on campus talks about running away from the threat, take martial arts self defense classes and “you won’t need a weapon”, carry pepper spray and run away.People and students write about voicing their opinion. They need to stop being so infatuatied with their own lives and take a trip down reality lane. Look at the people around you and see who is physically limited. You can’t judge a book by it’s cover.This is why I feel so totally defensless and SCARED on campus. the cops can’t help me BEFORE I’m mugged, robbed, or hurt. Only I can do that.
Student Mom,
You are correct. Many able-bodied people like myself take running for granted. There are many people out there who are unable to run away because of various disabilities. Thank-You for your comment.
So what you are telling the bad guys who don’t give a crap about your rules that they can do there worst to you and your students with out fear, as no one has any means to stop them. Boy your a bunch of dumb shits who don’t care what happens to your students do you. No means to defend themselves. OK muggers, rapist, robbers, Here is the place to go, and you don’t have to worry about getting hurt or shot or stabbed, Just full freedom to do what ever you want,with out worry. Thanks Guys
I have two friends that have been robbed at gun point at school obviously someone wasn’t following the rules about no weapons…
Just who are you people?
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