Guns on campus

    This Texas editorial on the Star-Telegram newspaper opinion sections brings back a very sensitive subject. This article talks about the debate on weather or not allowing concealed handguns at colleges and university campuses. Upcoming elections are in November 2nd and some Texas politicians do not hesitate to use the UT-Austin tragedy to bring back this controversial argument. The author first gives an outline of the UT-Austin shooting that lead the suicide of a UT student this event also caused the campus to be on lock-down for several hours. The author brings then a great relation between this event and the raise of this debate. Next, the author explains that this is not a new issue and that a bill almost made it through but failed to pass at the House. The author then shows an argument of the opposite side by a Tarrant County Republican Chairwoman named Stephanie Klick who said “Too bad for UT students that Conceal Carry on Campus did not pass during the last legislative session”. The narrator makes another good point saying that this may likely reinforce a very negative image of Texas to many potential faculty, students, parents, and international students from around the world. The author simply close the article by a direct but clear statement by saying that its much better to improve the education itself rather than loose time with unnecessary laws. I think that the author of this article made it clear that there is no reason such law would pass because it not going to solve suicide or gunman problem in campuses.