TO THE EDITOR:
To the proponents of concealed carry guns on campus (featured in yesterday’s article “Trigger Warning”): it’s ridiculous to equate the danger of guns to the danger posed by cars or knives. Motor transport is essential for our economy, our education and our way of life.http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2015/03/some-say-concealed-carry-on-campus-would-help-curb-assaults called “trigger warning” in print
As for knives, I’m a little less perturbed about the possibility that they end up on campus because an assailant armed with a knife will never produce the body count that we’ve seen at countless school shootings. One final point — I don’t trust the ability of lawful civilian gun owners. Even if they have good intentions when they bring lawful guns onto campus, what will prevent them from hitting innocent bystanders if they take aim at a violent perpetrator?
Even if someone has obtained a concealed carry permit, that permit does not mandate their ongoing training in marksmanship and crisis evaluation. Civilian cops make for bad cops.
Jackson Bloom
Senior
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