Bang bang, you hit the ground."
Sorry, I had to pull a Kill Bill real quick! So on the rare occasions that I do turn on the tele and decided to learn something new...it happened to be one of the most mind boggling news update EVAAARRRR. Will somebody tell me why Texas wants to pass a bill allowing college students to carry firearms? I mean really? WOW. That just boggles my mind that they would even waste air time speaking of this issue.
Apparently a former UT student, John Woods, was sitting in the classroom feeling unsafe due to the thoughts of the VA Tech massacre back in 2007 and a few other historical shootings on campuses. It was a brief newscast on News 8 Austin, so I decided to look for an article online backing up the story.
I'd like to slap John Woods upside the head. Why? Well lets see...within the article it states:
There were times when Woods thought to himself that maybe he should get a gun.
"Then I learned pretty fast that wouldn't solve anything," said Woods, who is now a graduate student at UT. "The idea that somebody could stop a school shooting with a gun is impossible. It's reactive, not preventative."
Alright, so therefore he just contradicted his own statement. Texas already has enough problems with the Swine flu and unemployment rates skyrocketing; I don't think we need college students carrying guns. I mean really our campus could turn into a World of Warcraft/Halo/Counterstrike ***LIVE!!! --- OK really though, it would be kind of tight to pull a Lara Croft if someone tried to point a gun at me...HAHA! Super sike, I am so kidding. Let me ask the professors how they feel about handing back papers/tests graded with an "F" for FAIL, or any of the students that have "beef" with another person attending the college.
Uh, no deal! I already have to deal with the intense heat and humidity living here in Texas. That alone makes me sweat like a refugee. But the thought of the kid next to me or anyone that I reject in some way pulling out at 9mm to my head. YOU MUST BE TRIPPIN'! Do you know how many angry people there are in this world with mental hit lists?
Well here's all the NOT helpful informational bit of this story that the governement's trying to spin for people to vote on this bill.
"Supporters say the bills would do two things: protect the rights of those licensed to carry concealed weapons, and help prevent another massacre on the scale of what happened at Virginia Tech and another shooting last year at Northern Illinois University."
Yeah, maybe the Texas heatwave is getting to their heads?
Yes, well, that's the nature of interviews. You talk to them for an hour and then they take the one thing out of context that you think is the most worthless, after which you get about a hundred emails telling you what a stupid git you are and asking why you won't back up "impossible" with any statistics.
ReplyDeleteAnd you should do your research a bit better. I'm a VT alum, a UT grad student, and I'm most definitely opposed to this bill.
--John Woods