“Campus concealed weapons bills debated at Eastern Michigan University panel discussion”

From Annarbor.com (and, surprisingly, nothing from the Eastern Echo, at least yet) comes “Campus concealed weapons bills debated at Eastern Michigan University panel discussion.” There’s a good discussion going on there, but I have to say I very much agree with this comment from Andy Ypsilanti:

This is a great idea. Because college kids are known for making the best decisions. Binge drinking, drug and sexual experimentation, exposure to new, life changing ideas, and now we add fire arms. Well, we needed to get the state school budget in line somehow, didn’t we?

Seriously, I am all for gun rights. I have no problem with people owning and legally carrying and using guns. But exclusion zones are created for a reason. Ever notice how the places that are excluded tend to have large groups of people that may be in contentious/stressful situations and/or alcohol involved? And the best amateur marksman is still not a trained first responder who has been taught how to react to stressful and dangerous situations.

Please. Own guns. Carry guns. But a college campus is not a suitable place to do so.