To: Governor Doug Ducey
Arizona Legislature: Don't endanger our College students
Fear is not a reason to allow young men and women to carry weapons. Even with training, young men, and women, could succumb to daily pressure, and commit a tragic mistake that will harm many lives. Please reconsider, and keep concealed weapons off college campuses.
Why is this important?
Through personal experience, I know how good and decent individuals can be pushed to extremes by personal and academic pressures, experienced during their college experience. The saddest are those who commit suicide because they cannot fit into the social activities. Or, because they cannot accept the possibility of not measuring up to family expectations academically.
The scariest are those who decide someone else is responsible for their social or academic problems and choose violence to resolve the issue. Trust me, staring down the barrel of a gun, at point blank range, in the hand of someone you thought was your friend, is a life changing moment.
Even if I had a gun, I would have been unable to "take out the bad guy with a gun" before he redecorated my surroundings with the contents of my brain pan. Some individuals can handle the pressure of college life, as well as the responsibility of gun ownership. Many cannot. Please. Let us err on the side of caution, and allow our students the opportunity to enjoy their college years, as much as possible.
The world is not as scary, as some would have us believe.
The scariest are those who decide someone else is responsible for their social or academic problems and choose violence to resolve the issue. Trust me, staring down the barrel of a gun, at point blank range, in the hand of someone you thought was your friend, is a life changing moment.
Even if I had a gun, I would have been unable to "take out the bad guy with a gun" before he redecorated my surroundings with the contents of my brain pan. Some individuals can handle the pressure of college life, as well as the responsibility of gun ownership. Many cannot. Please. Let us err on the side of caution, and allow our students the opportunity to enjoy their college years, as much as possible.
The world is not as scary, as some would have us believe.