Does America Value Gun Rights More Than Students?
Does America Value Gun Rights More Than Students? Tuesday April 17, 2007 My political awakening rudely arrived on May 4, 1970 when I, then a college freshman, learned of students shot to death on the campus of Kent State University in Ohio. Students just like me… young, naive, eager to embrace the world. A new generation of college students experienced similar political awakenings yesterday, April 16, 2007. The two tragedies were different in many ways. In 2007, students and professors were shot by a fellow student. In 1970, students were shot and killed by the Ohio National Guard. But the basic cause of the multiple murders is the same: guns on college campuses. And the acceptability of guns in institutions of higher learning. I do not, for the very life of me, understand why guns… any guns… should be allowed on college and university campuses. However, in post-9/11 America, I stubbornly concede that campus police need weapons
Does America Value Gun Rights More Than Students? Tuesday April 17, 2007#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3)My political awakening rudely arrived on May 4, 1970 when I, then a college freshman, learned of students shot to death on the campus of Kent State University in Ohio. Students just like me… young, naive, eager to embrace the world. A new generation of college students experienced similar political awakenings yesterday, April 16, 2007. The two tragedies were different in many ways. In 2007, students and professors were shot by a fellow student. In 1970, students were shot and killed by the Ohio National Guard. But the basic cause of the multiple murders is the same: guns on college campuses. And the acceptability of guns in institutions of higher learning. I do not, for the very life of me, understand why guns… any guns… should be allowed on college and university campuses. However, in post-9/11 Ameri
