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PRO: Guns on campus: Should possession of guns be legal at colleges and universities?
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"I cannot help but think that things could have been different at Virginia Tech. As a Tech student and a concealed handgun permit holder, I have requested that the university allow me ... the ability to carry a legally licensed firearm as a means of self-defense without fear of expulsion or termination from employment."
"The associate vice president for university relations, Larry Hincker, responded to my plea, writing that 'guns don't belong in classrooms. They never will. Virginia Tech has a very sound policy preventing same.'"
"It is striking how this policy forces us, as students, faculty and staff, to believe that an individual who is bent on causing irreparable harm will not do so because it is against university policy." ... |
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