what a line....”college kids are largely irresponsible selfish immature self-absorbed hedonists”...
Maybe you don’t know the kids I know and I know plenty of college kids who work hard, study hard and yes, they may party but then I know plenty of adults who do too and yet they can carry guns!
I am not crazy about my sons carrying guns at that age but your characterization is obviously uninformed. My son lives in Richmond and one night the lives of a group of college aged kids was probably saved because one of the kids had a gun that he simply showed to the “locals” who were attempting to rob the kids. The locals took off because they didn’t expect college kids to be armed yet they routinely sit in wait outside of college parties to hold up the kids and the cops DO NOTHING SO what are the kids to do???
In my experience, the colleges with whom we have been affiliated do almost nothing to maintain the safety of the kids, whether it be from emergencies, fire, crime, etc.
Uninformed?
I’m not even 40.
I was in college just 15 years ago and I had the same opinion then. I was that age, you know.
Now, we commonly have RIOTS where people get killed and people’s property and livelihoods are ruined because these spoiled brats are upset their team lost.
And it’s not just “certain kinds” of college towns, either.
Of course this is all hyperbole, but it is CLEAR to me, and I lived through it (as did my brother 10 years older), that “selfish hedonist” is a good description of far too many college students now. Their % of the college population is great enough to cause problems if things get crazy - which they frequently do.