Georgetown Student Calls For More Guns On Campus

By Tom Knighton

We routinely see evidence that guns save lives. However, anti-gunners also routinely ignore that evidence and instead go on their feelings about how guns are bad. Either that or they’ll use studies with poor methodology that count everyone who has a gun as the same, not differentiating between criminals and law-abiding citizens.

But at Georgetown University, at least one student recognizes the reality. As a result, she’s fighting not just to be permitted to carry a gun with a concealed carry permit on campus, but also to arm Georgetown campus police.

At least one student at Georgetown University has the right perspective regarding how guns deter crime, and she is asking the college administration to take steps to ensure student safety by expanding Second Amendment freedoms.

“Laws restricting gun ownership will not prevent gun violence or end school shootings. For our safety, Georgetown University should arm campus police and the D.C. Council should allow students to carry firearms on campuses,” Amelia Irvine wrote in an open letter to The Hoya, the student newspaper.

That plea comes in the aftermath of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, which has prompted relentless calls for gun control across the nation, even at …Read the Rest

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