I realize that a series of campus shootings have people in the United States a little spooked - that's only natural.
What isn't smart is allowing students to carry concealed weapons as a response.
The simple reality is that carrying a gun is not protection against the guy who has his gun out and pointed at you. Except in the worst of the spaghetti westerns the odds are very much against you being able to pull your gun and shoot them first.
Carrying guns isn't going to protect you, or anyone else, against someone who has come "unglued". All that it will mean is that you have a lot more people carrying guns - most of whom will have little or no idea how to actually use one properly.
This is not an environment which will reduce violence on campuses, but will only serve to escalate it.
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