UT Student Walk-Out Tomorrow to Protest Guns on Campus

Tomorrow, April 16, is the two-year anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings. To commemorate the day, as well as to protest proposed state laws allowing guns on campus, a walk-out has been announced at UT. The plan was sent out to UT staff, faculty and students through a student announcement email this morning. Students and faculty are asked to leave their classes at 11:30am and meet up at noon on the South Steps of the Capitol to hear from state legislators and victims of campus violence, among others, on the issue of firearms on campus.

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By Elizabeth S. in News on April 15, 2009 11:10 AM 0 Comments

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patrick

So are colleges populated with educated, legal adults or childish buffoons?

Those protesting this bill are ignorant of several things in their emotional responses:

1) To obtain a Concealed Handgun License in Texas, you have to be at least 21, pay a fee, pass a background check and take a class. While not exorbitant, those steps alone were enough to prevent me from doing the same when I was in school (not to mention the fee alone...)

2) This protest was one which at its core, was in support of denying Americans a constitutional right (The 2nd Amendm.) as opposed to historical protests which tended to be in support of rights: free speech, equal protection, assembly, etc. How times have changed.

3) Which criminals intent on causing violence will be deterred by keeping concealed handguns illegal on campus? How effective are the current measures? Were they in place at Virginia Tech two years ago?