"Guns on Campus: A Chilling Effect" by Kenneth M. Mash (NEA, Thought & Action)

[krispos42]

35. The problem with "certain times and in certain places"

is that you don't know when or where those certain times and places will be until they happen.


I think you see carrying on campus different from me in terms of cause.

I get the feeling that you perceive that a student wakes up and says "I might need my gun in case there's a mass shooting during Brit Lit or Stats; I'd better pack my gun".

I perceive it as a person saying "I'm going out into the world today. Like I do every day, I'm going to bring my gun with me", and that person's trip taking them to, among other places, the classroom.


Of course, some people might have other thoughts... thoughts about crazy ex boyfriends or girlfriends of theirs, or of their current sweetie. Or those tough-looking guys that trailed behind last time classes were attended.

People don't like being told that preparing for their personal safety is a "behavioral disorder". Your statement about being in danger while attending college extends beyond guns into pretty much anything else you carry for self-defense. If I were to carry a can of police-grade pepper spray while wandering about campus, is that a behavioral disorder?

How about a knife? How about a taser? How about a stun gun? Or a club?