Texas Senate approves guns on campus

[DotKritic]

Re: Texas Senate approves guns on campus

Then you would have someone walking around the campus with the ability to up the voltage on the taser gun.

[Patricoo]

Re: Texas Senate approves guns on campus

I'll just sum it up my whole argument together and not reply anymore because no one is going to convert the other. :P

The idea that more guns means less violence goes against all strains of logic, but studies support this idea once you factor who owns them and how they attained them. Everyone hates this cliche, but guns don't kill people, people kill people. I'm very supportive of strict regulations on issuing carry permits but I'm not going to pointlessly demonize those people.

[Reincarnate]

Re: Texas Senate approves guns on campus

It's always stupid logic.

Yes, people kill people. The kinds of severely screwed up people who would kill others with a gun will probably be messed up and violent even without such weapons.

But guns can easily turn a bad situation into something worse in such a way that it couldn't have before.

I have a hard time seeing this as sound logic -- it's not like mutually assured destruction with nuclear weapons. Completely stupid.

[SocoNhydro420]

Re: Texas Senate approves guns on campus

I will admit it would be pretty sick to carry around a .45 at school, bad idea though.

[tofurox]

Re: Texas Senate approves guns on campus

Ummm Im scared now.

[Mans0n]

Re: Texas Senate approves guns on campus

Looks like someone is definitely not going to college now.

[zoogarama]

Re: Texas Senate approves guns on campus

+1 If you thought this was a prank at first

[Duplica]

Re: Texas Senate approves guns on campus

This isn't going to solve anything. We can't bring guns to our classrooms, let alone possess a gun in public. It's never even occurred to us that it would be necessary to legalize that. Goes with the mentality of the region I guess.

[Calcium Deposit]

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why do people instantly assume this only applies to the students?
campus employees were obviously wanting some extra protection, think about all the columbine-esque stories abound. All that shit happened before guns were allowed on campus. But guess what? Now if some crazy whackjob gets it in his head that he needs to start shooting up his classmates his teacher now has the right to blow his ****ing head off. There's a reason for everything if your mind isn't linear and propaganda-****ed.

[Izzy]

Re: Texas Senate approves guns on campus

We should just put unmanned turrets in the hallways of schools.

[fido123]

Re: Texas Senate approves guns on campus

why do people instantly assume this only applies to the students?
campus employees were obviously wanting some extra protection, think about all the columbine-esque stories abound. All that shit happened before guns were allowed on campus. But guess what? Now if some crazy whackjob gets it in his head that he needs to start shooting up his classmates his teacher now has the right to blow his ****ing head off. There's a reason for everything if your mind isn't linear and propaganda-****ed.

It's not just Liberal propaganda, it's just not everybody lives in fear when they really don't have to. Yeah, shit happens but you're probably thousands of times more likely to die in a car accident.

[Ickalanda]

Re: Texas Senate approves guns on campus

I think it is fine.

Anyone who is going to do a school shooting probably isn't going to mind breaking a university gun law anyway, so all this law allows is for law abiding citizens to carry weapons on campus.

Probably makes it safer honestly if people are able to defend themselves. Think about it this way, will a criminal really have this thought process: "Well, I was going to go and shoot a bunch of people, but darn you law makers not letting me bring a gun to campus! Curses!"

Generally I am fine with concealed weapons, now if the law was going to be letting people strut around bearing shotguns and M16s... that's another story....