It is concerning to me that in just a
few months’ time, the public university exemption on concealed handguns will
expire. People on the right will claim that it is in their 2nd
Amendment rights to carry a weapon wherever they may please. And while
they are guaranteed the right to be armed, they are not guaranteed the right to
infringe upon the rights of other people. Personal safety will be
violated, and our “unalienable rights” of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness” will all be taken away from those on public university property.
There is no justifiable reason for a collective to feel unsafe simply
going to work or class, just because a select few individuals feel the need to
be armed. There is a reason we have armed police officers, and it is to
prevent individuals from causing harm to themselves or others. That is
not a job for an untrained civilian.
If the exemption does indeed expire,
tens of thousands of university students and faculty will be subject to
extremely dangerous situations. Allowing concealed carry on colleges in
Kansas will increase the likelihood for any individual to bring in a handgun
and open fire on the public. Time and time again we’ve seen horrific
events at Columbine, at Virginia Tech, and recently at Newtown yet we still
have yet to learn our lesson. We as a community must fight back
and make our voices heard. If we can’t arrive at a solution and let the
exemption expire, we are opening up the state of Kansas to be the next morbid
national news story.
Question: How
might someone who is for the concealed carry law take up issue with this
argument?
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