Editorial
Big Guns on Campus
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When you find yourself ducking under the tables at Johnny O’s instead of dancing atop them — because the latest barroom kerfuffle has turned into a shootout at the OK Corral — you can thank our New Favorite People On Campus, the College Republicans.
These folks would like to see Cornellians armed to the teeth, prepared to repel any sort of terrorists, campus shooters, Sasquatch or Viking invaders that come our fair Cornell’s way. The CRs want to allow students — and anyone else — to carry concealed weapons on campus, because they think that’s the best way to protect against shooting rampages of the kinds seen at Virginia Tech and, last week, at Northern Illinois University.
Yeah, yeah, we’ve heard all that old hat before: if all guns were outlawed, only outlaws would have guns. Sure. But access is the better part of action: if Jaws wasn’t 12 feet long with really big teeth, we’re betting he wouldn’t be so keen on coming back to sink the ship seven or eight times before the end of the movie. Concealed weapons on campus? We think not.
"When you find yourself
"When you find yourself ducking under the tables at Johnny O’s instead of dancing atop them — because the latest barroom kerfuffle has turned into a shootout at the OK Corral — you can thank our New Favorite People On Campus, the College Republicans."
Last time I checked, Johnny O's is not actually part of Cornell campus.
"These folks would like to see Cornellians armed to the teeth, prepared to repel any sort of terrorists, campus shooters, Sasquatch or Viking invaders that come our fair Cornell’s way."
Under NY's concealed weapon law, only people who are 21 or older (except for ex Military folks) can get a concealed weapon permit. This limitation probably excludes a majority of Cornell undergrads.
"But access is the better part of action"
Except that a person who plans to commit a shooting spree on campus is not going to be deterred by the lack of access, and certainly won't be deterred by Cornell's proud statement that it is a "gun-free zone." These individuals are usually mentally unstable in the first place and will not be deterred from acquiring weapons.
You had the whole weekend to write a detailed, researched editorial, but instead you chose to engage in name calling and stupid analogies. I hope whoevr wrote this does well in the E-board elections so we can be treated to more of these logical gems in the future.