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Pace wrote:
I am torn on this one:
- The students get pretty crazy at UNLV, do you want them drunk with guns?
- That being said, if I sent my daughter there, I'd want her to have protection, a CCW and her pistol in her purse...
I am a student at UNR. I do not drink. Stereotype logic is flawed. I do not appreciate being punished for the perceived problems of others by gun bans.
Most of the drinking that goes on goes on off campus where guns are allowed. Drinking is prohibited at UNR, and being drunk while carrying is also prohibited by law. There is also nothing to stop people currently from illegally carrying on campus. There aren't even any metal detectors. And we're trying to create laws that prohibit possession of weapons by people who are already demonstrating their lack of respect for the law by breaking other laws. Why isn't the law banning carry while drunk and laws against the misuse of firearms sufficient to deter them?
University students that can carry can carry off campus. They don't suddenly become more dangerous when they go on campus.
In Nevada you can't even have a gun in your car on campuus So one has to park off campus if they want to have their gun before or after classes, and walk a ways to get to and from the University disarmed, often at night. Students are also prohibited from carrying other weapons on campus. Campus officials recommend students carry a whistle to protect them from criminals.
Unlike K-12 schools, where the school basically takes some legal responsibility safety of the students who are legally children, the university system takes no responsibility for the students, which are legally adults.
Also, while I am of typical college age, many older people also attend college. I know quite a few people who have taken classes in the past few years who are in their forties or fifties. And I occasionally see people who look old enough to have retired decades ago. The gun ban also bans guns for the faculty. A lot of people are employed in the Nevada System of Higher Education.