<p>First off, the topic of CCW on campus is NOT about the proliferation of firearms. Allowing CCW on campus would not be arming anyone. It would be removing a restriction for people who are already armed and allowed to carry. The people who have CCW permits ALREADY have firearms and carry them elsewhere safely (0.02% of Florida permits are revoked, for example–a 99.98% success rate is VERY good, IMO).</p>
<p>Secondly, do you have any evidence to support your claims about gun proliferation? The handgun supply in the US does not correlate with suicide or homicide rates. As to accident rates, I have not reviewed the data, but I will give you the benefit of the doubt in saying negligent discharges will increase (although they do not make anywhere near a 3:1 ratio with stopping-crimes!). Estimates for unintentional gun deaths range from about 600 to 1400 per year (depending on which agency you ask). Estimates for the number of DGUs range from 700,000-2.5million per year…which means that a firearm is 500 to 4167 times more likely to stop a crime than accidentally kill somone. Negligent discharges are largely avoidable by following the 4 basic rules of firearm safety. That makes it an education and training issue, IMO.</p>