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I see where Ariz. lawmakers are debating allowing guns on college campuses. Isn't it about time?

When I first started college here in New Mexico, I was shocked to find out we weren't allowed to have our guns with us. We had to check them into a vault at the police station and SIGN for them to "check them out" like library books every time we wanted to go out and hunt some quail or something. To me, it was the biggest infringement to date on the 2nd Amendment, and the last time I checked, not only was the college campus was on U.S. soil, but I was indeed a U.S. citizen with no felonies, so the 2nd Amendment should have come into play. Now, 20 years later, we have all these school shootings. Wouldn't it be a deterrent to these little idiots for them to know that qualified students are walking around the campuses armed? Wouldn't they think twice about opening fire, knowing they're liable to get taken out before they have a chance to inflict the damage they intend to inflict? Is it not about time actual lawmakers are thinking along these lines? EDIT: Dave, we DID bring our guns into the dorms. And the campus police knew it too. They disagreed with having us check our guns into the police station just as much as we disagreed with it. And you know what? None of us ever picked up our guns and went on a shooting rampage.

Public Comments

1. As a student, I know I don't want some of these foreign kids to carry guns, but if we are going to allow them the right, then I want to carry a gun too.
2. Arizona actually had a much lower crime rate when Wyatt Earp lived there and everyone was packing. As carry laws became more restricive crime increased.
3. Of course its about time, they should have been enacted this whole time.
4. It won't happen and it shouldn't happen. But you can dream.
5. When I was in college the main concern was being able to sneak beer into the dorms. I never knew anyone who tried to bring a gun into the dorms, and I can't imagine any college allowing it, that's just crazy.