<p>“1) Imagine you are a student in a class with a gun. Where do you think you’re probably going to keep the gun? On the desk in front of you? Not likely. It’s probably at the bottom of your bookbag. What’s the likelihood that you’ll get to it in time after a guy burst into your classroom firing?”
–Most people who CCW carry in an Inside the Waistband Holster (IWB). The draw time (depending on what you are wearing and how much you practice is usually under 2 seconds.</p>
<p>“2) Having 20 people shooting in a classroom is not really safer than having one person shooting. Ricochets, crossfire - all adds up to a very bad situation.”
Considering only about 1% of people are able to legally CCW, it would be rare to have everyone armed.
Also, which is better, 20 people shooting at the shooter, or the shooter murdering 20 people? Your situation has never happened…although one guy tried to rob a gunstore, once. IIRC about 6 people fired at him. No innocents were injured.</p>
<p>“4) College kids don’t always have the most mature attitude when dealing with crises in general. What happens when Student finds his girlfriend is cheating on him, or he’s about to flunk out, etc.? When the gun is just sitting there, there’s a much higher likelihood that he may do something he regrets. Will it be common? No. But neither are current shootouts on campus.”
–We are talking about letting people who can already CCW carry on campus. These people carry off campus just fine. This isn’t a big problem outside of campus. Why would on campus be any different?</p>
<p>“5) This makes it tougher to attract good faculty to the school. I can tell you, as a future professor, that I would never teach at a school that allows students to carry guns. And, in having this discussion with other professors, I am not alone. It’s bad enough to have to fight with students about grades, papers, etc. and face the tenure clock. I don’t want to hand out F papers to students that may be packin’. The F students aren’t usually the most mature students with excellent decision-making skills.”
–I suggest you never teach at any state university in Utah, Colorado State University, or Blue Ridge Community College. They have not experienced a single CCW related incident in over 60 combined semesters.</p>
<p>“There’s a legitimate reason why a person would be a little nervous with a gun sitting a few feet away.”
–Why? Modern firearms don’t just randomly go off. The only instance I know of where a firearm discharged without being in a fire or by being used negligently is where it was flung across an MRI room when the magnet turned on. The firing pin safety was pulled, due to the magnetic field, and the firing pin struck the primer, causing the pistol to discharge, when the pistol hit the machine. The cop wasn’t too happy! That’s not exactly a fear that I would be worried about…The cop had asked if it was safe. The MRI worker told him it would be fine…oops…</p>