Reply #75: I understand your position. It's not complicated. [View All]

It's no different, in a way, than carrying a Bandaid in case you cut yourself. Normal enough, maybe a tad anal, but follows a certain logic and appeals to certain personality types. Careful people. Righteous people. Insecure people. Frightened people. Smart people and probably some paranoid people.
Most college students arrive straight from high school, where the thought of handguns in class is anathema. They don't need to be wondering who might be carrying a gun around. College campuses are full of all kinds of folk in all kinds of moods. Most are at a very critical and highly stressful point in their lives. Introducing invisible handguns into their environment as a potential problem solving tool is a recipe for disaster.

Most have no problem forfeiting their Constitutional rights when boarding an airplane or ship. Why should a college or church be any different. They are the ships of knowledge and faith and as such should be sanctuaries of learning and spirituality.
At the very least, I would let the students decide by a democratic vote. That way kids can choose whether they want to go to a gun-free school or not. They shouldn't have it foisted on them by a bunch of state legislators in the pockets of lobbying groups like the NRA.