Quote Originally Posted by sniper7 View Post
If they are 21 and over, can get the license, then I see no reason as to why not.
the school doesn't need to know...they may be targeted not only by any person that comes in armed and ready to kill but by any anti-professors who would like to see them fail at life for their god given right to own a firearm and using it to defend themselves and others.

I see issues with students on campus having firearms but since they are over 21, pass all the background info, then I don't see enough cons against it to deny them their right to defend themselves.
I can't believe on this forum that this is even an issue (not directed at you sniper7, just beginning a general all-purpose rant). Our armed forces are filled with people under 21 (I think you can even get in at 17 with parental consent) who are given fully automatic M-16s to kill people with. Yet some would suggest that because they are young adults they shouldn't have the same rights as older adults? I still can't understand why an Iraq veteran can come back after having fought there and can't legally have a beer, because our nanny state says 'he is not old enough to handle it'.

The poll doesn't even list my answer: college students over 18 (as well as the rest of us) should be able to carry WITHOUT a permit. I agree with Vermont and Alaska who allow concealed carry without need for a government permit--I have never heard of problems in those states arising from that. The second amendment states that "...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed". How is a permit requirement not an infringement of that 2nd Amendment right? If you had to get a permit before you could write a controversial editorial exercising your 1st amendment right to free speech, would anyone find that acceptable?