Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Abbott: Campus carry could have prevented Ohio State attack
In this article, Gov. Abbott talks about the Ohio State attack. He states that if there was campus carry that the attack could have been prevented.Abbott said "someone would "think twice" about carrying out such an attack in Texas due to its campus carry law." I feel like the statement that he has given is not right. I believe that campus carry would not have stopped the attack. I think that having guns on campus would bring a more negative effect than a positive one. Abbott states that "It's instances like this where kids on campus could have guns, where they could have been able to respond initially," Abbott said. "I think that on a college campus like here in Texas, people will think twice before waging an attack like this knowing that they could be gunned down immediately." I feel like that having students shoot someone is a huge safety issue. alongside that Having college students with high amounts of stress with the possession of firearms would probably not be a good idea. Abbott also stated "It is insanity that the United States of America will not safeguard our people by bringing in people from terrorist-sponsored nations" I do not think that students should be the one to defend in situations like that. The police should be the ones to fight the crazy people. The issue of the matter is not with the student but with the local and campus police to fight the ones to cause the terror.
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I most certainly agree with my classmate Adam Gonzales here, and with the critical campus carry law that's been enacted in many 4-year universities, and is soon going to be legal in community colleges, beginning on August 1, 2017. It is definitely a vaguely talked about issue in Texas, considering that our state is predominantly an open carry supportive state, or in simpler words a state that supports our second amendment the "right to bear arms." Although, our very own legislation approved open carry — and sent it to Governor Greg Abbott, who pledged to sign it and officially allow the new law to be in full practice. I for one, significantly agree with Mr. Gonzales that "having guns on campus would bring a more negative effect than a positive one." But just to make it clear I do believe that open carry without a doubt is not a great law that was passed, but I don't think that it's really going to be such a big problem with college students. By this, I mean that most college students, but not all, are mostly in their early or late twenties and if you take into consideration the fact that guns are awfully expensive — I believe that most college students wouldn't really bother with buying a gun and bringing it to campus. Again, I am just taking into account the financial expenses that not all, but some college students have to maintain or not try to surpass.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the issue that unfortunately occurred at Ohio State University, I don't necessarily think that college students should be the antagonists in these type of situations. I also agree with Mr. Gonzales that the campus police department should be the ones handling these type incidents, I mean isn't that their lawful job, to serve and protect? If that's not the case then why do universities, as well as colleges even have police departments? It shouldn't be the job of college students to worry about who might they have to shoot today — in case a tragic incident was to occur. To emphasize, let's also keep in mind that many college students are under a lot of stress as well, and as Mr. Gonzales states, "amounts of stress [and] the [legal] [right] [to] [posses] firearms would probably not be a good idea." Of course, an individual that is under high amounts of stress, and who could possibly be also suffering from psychotic thoughts should probably not be allowed to have legal possession of a firearm. As we know by now individuals that have committed acts of violence in schools tend to be "antisocial" individuals, who are the least expected to commit such acts. All I am saying, Is that we need to consider the mentally ill individuals, who could possibly resort to horrifying acts of violence against innocent people.
Thus, I definitely agreed with my classmate Adam Gonzales on the very debatable open campus carry law. All I can say on this issue is "we will just have to see" what exactly occurs in our public universities, and community colleges hopefully we don't witness or hear about in the media of atrocious incidents — which could possibly involve firearms and the harming of our students, professors, and innocent bystanders. Unfortunately, that is all I can suggest. What are your thoughts?
Sincerely, Alfredo Jaimes