Culture can replace violence. It can prevent it. Why destroy a culture that works with one that kills?
...“One argument that you will hear (click here) from the concealed carry people is that it will drop crime rates. I do not think they could drop here,” he said.
Sen. Ed Stremel led Gorillas for Concealed Carry to present the opposing viewpoint.
“Crime might be low here, but things happen,” Stremel said. “At Virginia Tech, they all felt safe until the shootings happened. We don’t carry because we are looking for trouble, or want to be heroes.”
The resolution declares SGA’s “strong opposition” to any proposal, such as one currently under consideration at the Kansas State Assembly, to amend the Kansas Family and Personal Protection Act (the state’s founding conceal-and-carry law) and legalize conceal-and-carry at Kansas’ public universities.
The survey’s turnout of 918 students, or 13 percent of the student body, represents an unusually high response for such a poll. SGA directors say they estimate that between 14 and 15 percent of the student body turned out to vote in last year’s student government election.
Lara Ismert, SGA president, says her opposition to conceal-and-carry is justified despite the survey. She says that members of the Gorillas for Concealed Carry on Campus Club (GCCC) illegitimately interfered in the survey process....
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Student Governments need to protect their campus from losing control over low crimes rates. This is still yet more proof where there is no culture of violence and no tolerance of guns, there is little to no crime. The history of a safe campus should mean something....“One argument that you will hear (click here) from the concealed carry people is that it will drop crime rates. I do not think they could drop here,” he said.
Sen. Ed Stremel led Gorillas for Concealed Carry to present the opposing viewpoint.
“Crime might be low here, but things happen,” Stremel said. “At Virginia Tech, they all felt safe until the shootings happened. We don’t carry because we are looking for trouble, or want to be heroes.”
The resolution declares SGA’s “strong opposition” to any proposal, such as one currently under consideration at the Kansas State Assembly, to amend the Kansas Family and Personal Protection Act (the state’s founding conceal-and-carry law) and legalize conceal-and-carry at Kansas’ public universities.
The survey’s turnout of 918 students, or 13 percent of the student body, represents an unusually high response for such a poll. SGA directors say they estimate that between 14 and 15 percent of the student body turned out to vote in last year’s student government election.
Lara Ismert, SGA president, says her opposition to conceal-and-carry is justified despite the survey. She says that members of the Gorillas for Concealed Carry on Campus Club (GCCC) illegitimately interfered in the survey process....
