Guns and College don't necessarily mix.

Recently in the Dallas Morning News, there was an editorial concerning whether or not guns and concealed weapons should be allowed on campus by students and faculty with the proper certifications and paper work. The article brings up several good point on both sides and then makes a very compelling argument against the possession of firearms on school campuses. The author points out that most people do not want another incident like the one at Virginia Tech in 2007 and therefore weapons might help, but soon turns it completely around by stating "it's also possible that a well-intentioned gun-toting student or professor could make matters much worse. They could wind up being shot by police, mistaken as the gunman. They could shoot the wrong person." These are all valid and compelling points, the author's ability to point out how a possible solution to the problem could make matters even worse, is probably his best attribute in writing. Personally I am all for protecting the citizens' second amendment rights, but I believe that there is a time and a place where guns should absolutely never be carried by anyone except by those who are paid to keep people safe. Another good argument that he makes is that by law, unless the school has it written that certain people can have weapons (11 universities) it is completely illegal to have a weapon on school properties. He also brings up the issue of other secured (gun free) facilities that we have such as polling places and secured airports where there have been problems with gunmen in the past and the fact that armed civilians could help the problem is debatable as well.