[OneWingedShark]

I can’t say that I necessarily disagree with them. I’m pro-gun, but my memory of college is essentially one of an alcohol fueled orgy. I have very mixed feelings about allowing campus carry.

...you do realize that until 50 years ago [or so] people regularly had firearms at their immediate disposal in universities, right?
How common were university shootings?
In fact, let me rephrase it: how many school shootings were there at all levels of school from 1776 to 1976 [200 years] compared to how many UNIVERSITY shootings there have been in the past 20 years [1990-2010]?

[Melas]

you do realize that until 50 years ago [or so] people regularly had firearms at their immediate disposal in universities, right?

I wasn't around then, so no, I really wasn't aware of it.

In fact, let me rephrase it: how many school shootings were there at all levels of school from 1776 to 1976 [200 years] compared to how many UNIVERSITY shootings there have been in the past 20 years [1990-2010]?

Well, I do know that culturally we aren't the same society that we were in 1776, or even 1876, so that does little to assuage my misgivings. Note; misgivings. I've come down on neither side of this issue, but merely relayed that I am torn on the issue.