Should Security Guards Be Allowed At Colleges?

Armed guards at college are a subject that many people feel strongly about. I believe that security guards at colleges should have weapons.

One reason I believe that security guards should be armed is because unarmed security guards can be effective, but sometimes people do not respect their authority. Campus security is sometimes thought of as similar to mall security, even though they are very important. Unlike mall security, security guards on most college campuses I know bout have the ability to make arrests, though mall security is only allowed to make a “citizen’s arrest”. For better or worse, people often respect the presence of weapons. They see a gun and think of police or military, and authority. With armed security guards, I fell

campus security people would automatically be more noticeable and given respect beyond what mall security gets.
Another important reason to give college security guards weapons is to prevent school shooting. While not everyone that owns a weapon is responsible with it, I have never heard of a school shooting where the security guards or police were the ones doing the shooting. Having armed security guards on campus could make people think twice about deciding o shoot up a school. Also, if someone begins shooting at the school anyway, it the worst case scenario, armed security guards could help protect students and staff until police arrive.
In conclusion, while there are good and bad things about having armed security at schools, I believe that having armed security let’s people know that schools take security seriously and will do what they have to in order to protect the people on their campus.