I am. Fines for anyone caught not carrying an effective defensive weapon, jail time for repeat negligent offenders.
It's a duty and responsibility of citizenship to not only take care of yourself, but to be able to assist another. I don't think that those with religious or other deeply held philosophical scruples against doing should be forced to do something against their beliefs, but there needs to be a way to tell them from the stupid or lazy who've just forgotten or misplaced their weapon.
So a reasonably available exemption license should be available for those people once they demonstrate their sincerity, and something temporary for those medically or otherwise temporarily incapable of effectively defending themselves. The fee for such permits can be used to offset the public cost of protecting those who can't help protect themselves or others, with fee waivers for those experiencing simple temporary interruptions in their ability.
A college student who can't exhibit the restraint and skill level of a $9.00-per-hour security guard doesn't belong in college. And if he negligently or irresponsibly acts in ways that threaten others, there'll be an entire university community of those prepared and equipped to deal with it.
You are going to shut the whole mess down...for lack of students. Not to mention the spin off economic damage to beer sales.
All joking aside, while we all have our talents and abilities, there are people I have met who couldn't pour pi$$ out of a boot if you wrote the directions on the heel--and one had a PhD in Physics. Some people are just not safe around anything with one moving part, much less a few dozen, and something that goes 'bang' and emits a lethal projectile in their hands is good cause to be at least a county away.
Nope. I am content to be among the 1% or so who is armed, and I'm perfectly happy to not have the folks who do not want to carry not do so.
Many of them just recognize their own limitations.
Some have valid religious objections, others are in denial, etc.
While most anyone can be taught to shoot, some are better than others, some are passionate about shooting, and many can 'take it or leave it'.
For whatever reason, though, those who do not willingly embrace the responsibility, who do not have the passion either to defend others and themselves or just a love for the sport, are not likely to take the time to master and maintain the skill of pistolcraft, one which is perishable, and one which the wielder must be cognizant not only of their ability, but how well practiced it is--otherwise, when the SHTF, they are going to end up taking out a few innocent parties in the melee, when it could be avoided.
Some simply do not have the demeanor or temperment for carrying a deadly weapon on an ongoing basis.
Ultimately, theough, the weapon between your ears is the one which will be the most effective, but only if you practice, 'game' situations, and sort out when/how would be the best to take to take (or not) the shot.
Look around, play 'What if?', and see where there is cover, concealment, suppose the guy coming through the door right now was a maniac/jihadi hell bent on mayhem. How is your shot angle? are any misses/overs going to take out innocents in the background? Which way to move for a better (cleaner) shot line? For cover? Where might he go for the same and how would I get the drop on him from there?
If you haven't done that every place you frequent, and selected where you sit, say in a restaurant, accordingly, you are already one step behind the bad guys. After a while it becomes automatic, and you find yourself doing it every new place you walk into.
Most people are going to diddy-bop through life--let 'em. Some are sheep, some are sheepdogs, and a few are wolves.
I'd love to see practical pistol, CQB, long range rifle, etc offered in lieu of handball and squash as P.E. classes, right alongside EMT/combat medic training as a wild card elective (to replace any of a number of selected required courses for their degree--that would have beaten Music/Art Appreciation in my book), but to require such of everyone probably is not a good idea.
Just as our currently very effective military is built on volunteers, not conscripts, (as is the Fire and EMS in a large part of America), so should be our homeland defense, especially on campus.