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DallasNews.com


04:53 PM CST on Friday, February 27, 2009

State Rep. Joe Driver and Sen. Jeff Wentworth once again are pushing their gun agenda around the state Capitol, and it is time, once again, for them to be firmly rebuffed. They're introducing legislation to abolish the "gun-free" status of Texas universities so that students and professors can arm themselves on campus.

Like most Americans, the Garland representative and San Antonio senator were outraged by the massacres at Virginia Tech in 2007 and at Northern Illinois University last year. No one wants a repeat of those incidents. But arming students and professors is not the solution.

"At Virginia Tech [or] in Illinois, it's possible someone might have been able to stop that carnage," Driver says in defense of his proposal. But 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.

The possibilities for problems and errors in judgment are enormous, and not worth the potential benefits of the "campus carry" proposal. The University of Texas student government and faculty advisory council oppose the idea. Only 11 universities in the country allow concealed weapons in classrooms, dorms and other facilities.

There are certain places in our communities where it's just better to rely on police and professional security personnel to do their jobs in emergency situations. State law already outlines places where civilian possession of handguns is prohibited, such as polling places, courtrooms and secured airport areas. Schools also are off limits unless the administration issues a written authorization allowing certain personnel to carry weapons.

Have there been gun-related crises in those off-limits places? Certainly. Would the presence of armed civilians have reduced the danger? That's debatable.

We concede that only a tiny percentage of students would probably carry guns if allowed to do so. But universities are dedicated to the free flow of ideas, and they deserve to be in the special category as gun free. Students and professors should never feel inhibited by the fear that someone around them is packing heat.

Sorry....forgot to include the link - http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 90b017.html

Looks like the Dallas Morning News has shared their wisdom on the subject of legal concealed carry on the college/university campus.