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Common Arguments Against Campus Carry. Guns on campus would lead to an escalation in violent crime. Guns on campus would lead to an increased number of suicides by college students. Guns on campus would distract from the learning environment. Colleges are too crowded to safely allow the carry of concealed weapons. A person with a gun could “snap” and go on a killing spree.

A dangerous person might jump someone who is carrying a gun, take the gun, and use it to do harm. Dorms are notoriously vulnerable to theft. It would be too easy for someone to steal an unattended firearm from a dorm. It’s possible a gun might go off by accident.

It’s unlikely that allowing concealed carry on college campuses could help prevent a Virginia Tech- style massacre becase most college students are too young to obtain a concealed handgun license. Colleges are emontionally volatile environments. Allowing guns on campus will turn classroom debates into crime scenes. The college lifestyle is defined by alcohol and drug abuse. Why would any sane person want to add guns to that mix? In an active shooter scenario like the one that occurred at Virginia Tech, a student or faculty member with a gun would only make things worse. The job of defending campuses against violent attacks should be left to the professionals.

Police officers typically spend four to five months in training; whereas, concealed handgun license holders usually spend one day or less. How are first responders supposed to tell the difference between armed civillians and armed assailants. A Taser is as effective as a handgun against an armed assailant. Defense Spray is as effective as a handgun against an armed assailant.

Self- defense training is as effective as a handgun against an armed assailant. Some states allow citizens to be issued concealed handgun licenses at the age of eighteen.

It is inconceivable that any logical person would believe the answer to violence is more guns. The answer to bullets flying is not more bullets flying. The answer to school violence is prevention, not guns on campus. School shootings are very rare, and college campuses are statistically very safe. There is no need to allow concealed carry on campus. Some professors might be afraid to issue bad grades if they know that students could be carrying guns.

The last thing we need is a bunch of vigilantes getting into a shootout with a madman, particularly since it’s been proven that trained police officers have an accuracy rate of only 1. In October of 2. 01. Anita Sarkeesian was forced to cancel a speech at Utah State University after receiving death threats and learning that Utah’s campus carry law would not permit the university to screen for weapons at the event. College campuses contain sensitive areas such as biocontainment labs and chemical storage facilities. According to a study conducted by Marist College, the human brain does not fully mature until the age of 2. A 2. 00. 2 Harvard University study found that students who have a firearm at college are more likely to binge drink, drive while under the influence, use illegal drugs, vandalize property, and get into trouble with the police. A 2. 00. 9 study published in the American Journal of Public Health found that a person carrying a gun is 4.

Umpqua Community College allowed campus carry at the time of that campus shooting. Umpqua Community College was not a gun- free zone at the time of that campus shooting. According to the Violence Policy Center, twenty- nine concealed handgun license holders committed mass shootings between May 2. March 2. 01. 5There was an armed student on the Umpqua Community College campus during the shooting, but he wasn’t able to help because he was afraid police would mistake him for the shooter. Campus carry would make encounters with police more dangerous for young men of color. Campus carry has been shown to lead to an increase in sexual assaults. Watch They Call Me Bruce? Online Etonline.

According to a recent study, licensed concealed carry leads to an increase in crime in states that allow it. Related Documents. SCC’s 2. 01. 5 Texas Legislative Handout What Can Past Crimes on College Campuses Teach Us About Campus Carry? Statistics on Texas CHL Holders Age 1. January 2. 01. 5)Texas CHL Crime Statistics (1. SCC’s Website Rebutting the 2. Texas TV Commercial from Everytown for Gun Safety.

Response to the Bogus Claim that CHL Holders Are 8. More Likely to Be Arrested for Weapons Crimes. Response to the “If I Only Had a Gun” Episode of ABC’s 2. Responses to Common Arguments. Return to Arguments – Guns on campus would lead to an escalation in violent crime.

Since the fall semester of 2. Utah state law has allowed licensed individuals to carry concealed handguns on the campuses of Utah’s nine degree- offering public colleges (2.

Concealed carry has been allowed on the two campuses of Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO, and Pueblo, CO) since 2. Colorado community colleges (3.

After SCC won a lawsuit against the University of Colorado system, the remaining public colleges (2. Colorado—including those in the CU system—changed their policies (as of the fall semester of 2. As of July 1, 2. 01. Mississippi public colleges (4. Mississippi license with an enhanced training endorsement.

As of July 1, 2. 01. Idaho public colleges (3.

Idaho license. Counting Blue Ridge Community College (Weyers Cave, VA), which allowed campus carry from 1. U. S. college campuses allowing concealed carry for a combined total of almost 1,5. Not one of these campuses has seen a single resulting act of violence (including threats) or a single resulting suicide attempt. Likewise, no state has seen a resulting increase in gun violence as a result of legalizing concealed carry (all 5.

Virtually every peer- reviewed study on the subject, including studies by the National Academy of Sciences* and the Harvard Injury Control Research Center**, has concluded that there is no evidence that licensed concealed carry leads to an increase in either violent crime or gun deaths. According to 2. 00. Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas concealed handgun license holders were five and a half times less likely than members of Texas’s general population to commit manslaughter and four times less likely to commit murder.*“Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review,” National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences, 2. Evaluation of State- level Firearms Policies,” Harvard Injury Control Research Center, 2.

Return to Arguments – Guns on campus would lead to an increased number of suicides by college students. Studies* show that 9. Because most college students over the age of twenty- one (the minimum age to obtain a concealed handgun license in most states) live off campus, allowing concealed carry on college campuses would have very little impact on the ability of college students to possess firearms in their homes and, therefore, little to no impact on the overall number of suicides by college students. Furthermore, we would caution anyone to be careful when evaluating studies that purport to show ‘prove’ that firearms increase the risk of suicide. Something can only be ‘proven’ if a randomized- controlled trial is completed; such a trial would be impossible to complete in this case.*“Youth and Adolescent Suicide: A Guide for Educators,” Oregon Resiliency Project, University of Oregon, 2. After Suicide: A Ray of Hope for Those Left Behind, Eleanora Betsy Ross, 2. NOTE: At the University of Texas—a major university with more than 5.

Return to Arguments – Guns on campus would distract from the learning environment. Ask anyone in a ‘right to carry’ state when he or she last noticed another person carrying a concealed handgun. The word ‘concealed’ is there for a reason. Concealed handguns would no more distract college students from learning than they currently distract moviegoers from enjoying movies or office workers from doing their jobs.

In most states with ‘shall- issue’ concealed carry laws, the rate of concealed handgun licensure is between 1% and 3%. Therefore, statistically speaking, a packed 3.