Should Students Carry Guns On College Campuses

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In Adam Winklers article “The Guns of Academic” states his point of view on why guns shouldn’t or should be on college or university campuses. He lets his readers know that although he is against guns being on campuses he also list out the pros and cons of owning a gun on campuses. I believe students should not be able to carry guns on college or university campuses. The first reason why I believe guns shouldn’t be allowed because undergraduates are too young to handle firearms responsibly. In the article winkler states that if a student does try to protect themselves against a murder they may or may not be able to aim for the right person and can hit an innocent person “Policemen or other students with guns might not be able to differentiate the gunman”(Winkler 9). In this quote Winkler states that if students who owned guns will be accused of killings even if it wasn’t them because they are the ones who owns guns so they are first accused rather than the ones who don’t own guns. …show more content…

I too agree with college or university professors not wanting students carrying guns on campus because they can be the main target to students who are failing classes and if they have guns they can easily go to their office or classroom and kill them due to a grade disagreement. “ As a professor, I’d feel safer if guns weren’t permitted on campus. I worry more about being the target of a student upset about failing grades than about a mass murder roaming the hallways”( Winkler 6). In this quote a professor explains that they aren’t afraid of a mass murder walking up and down the hallways but they are afraid of being the main target of a mad student who is failing their

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