LET’S DEBATE ON FACT, NOT NIGHTMARE SCENARIOS
When listening to opponents of allowing students to legally carry firearms on campus, it is important to note one simple fact: on the over 30 campuses across the country that allow students to carry firearms, there has not been a single violent incident involving firearms since each campus began allowing legally-carried firearms on campus.
The arguments being made by anti-gun professors and campus administrators are not based on empirical evidence but instead on irrational nightmare scenarios that have not transpired.
Likewise, constant gun violence has not erupted in malls, bars, and parks as a result of loosening restrictions on the carrying of firearms in public spaces as many antigun advocates predicted.
In fact, violent crime (including gun violence) has dropped significantly since Arizona first began issuing concealed carry permits en masse in the 1990s. Finally, I don't think it would be a stretch to assume that if I wrote a research paper for some of these anti-gun professors on a different topic and I made arguments based on hypothetical situations and not fact, I think I would get an F.
Daniel Caldwell
Undergraduate
SAFETY FIRST
(In response to Brian Bernadel’s March 11 article, “State legislator: Reduce penalty for marijuana possession.”)
Marijuana is the safest drug with actual benefits for the user as opposed to alcohol, which is dangerous, causes addiction, birth defects, and affects literally every organ in the body. Groups are organizing all over the country to speak their minds on reforming pot laws.
Brandt Hardin
Statepress.com reader
