Gail Collins attended Marquette University. She became an editor for the New York Times in 1995. She was the first woman to be appointed editor of the editorial page. She has also written “When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present”. She is now an Op-Ed Columnist for the New York Times.
In her column, Collins speaks about the growing desire that America has to constantly be armed. She is against students having the right to carry guns on college campuses. Collins points out the different sides of the gun issue and gives her opinion:
“The core of the great national gun divide comes down to this: On one side, people’s sense of public safety goes up as the number of guns goes down; the other side responds to every gun tragedy by reflecting that this might have been averted if only more legally armed citizens had been on the scene. I am on the first side simply because I believe that in a time of crisis, there is no such thing as a good shot”
Collins believes that allowing college students to carry weaponry on campus will only do more harm than good. Someone could be shot from a misfire or poor aim.
I agree with Collins. I too believe that there is no such thing as a good shot when it comes to a surprise attack from a college student gone crazy. It is too risky having students carry guns on to college campuses. When students get stressed about the next test or get upset about the C that they received on their last exam or paper, who is to say that they will not give the teacher what they think he or she deserves? People are too unpredictable. If students are allowed to carry guns on campus, that means EVERY student, even the ones who could do harm regardless of the law. Now the law has just made it easier for them. As Collins points out in the article, policemen are trained to shoot at predators and fight to protect citizens, not college students. So leave the job to the man.
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