Tuesday, May 21, 2013
"Kutztown University allows guns on part of campus"
Here's a well written article on the subject of guns on campus...
In the Allentown Morning Call, Robert Fallstich presents a reasonable philosophy along with accurate facts:
"Unfortunately Pennsylvania does not keep records of how much crime is perpetrated by licensed carriers, but two states do: Kansas and Texas. In 2011, Texas saw 63,679 criminal convictions, of which only 120 involved concealed handgun license holders — only 0.188 percent. Kansas records show that from 2007-11, only 44 people convicted of committing any crime were concealed license holders. The people who are willing to be licensed and abide by the laws are, for the most part, not the people who commit crimes.
In fact the fallacious argument that lawful firearms carriers are deranged killers is not new. Since 1987, when the trend began of states changing their "may issue" carry laws to "shall issue" regarding licensing of concealed weapons, the proverbial Chicken Littles have been clamoring that blood will flow in the streets and gunfights will erupt over parking spaces and fuel pumps. Yet, with all of that cataclysmic prophecy, the U.S. Justice Department recently reported violent crime and gun crime to be on the decline, and now both are at their lowest numbers in about 20 years."
