Recently the House of New Hampshire has introduced a new bill allowing the general public to be armed on public property. This includes letting guns on college campuses throughout the state. In theory, this makes perfect sense. Granted, a lot of people in the United States own or carry a firearm for self-protection and/or hunting purposes. Some could even argue it to be a violation of their second amendment if denied this right.
What people do not realize is that there are many risks associated with this right. Not every person knows how to handle a gun properly, and putting a weapon in an untrained person’s hands could be extremely dangerous. Even if one knows how to use this deadly weapon there is nothing saying the judgment of that person is perfectly sound. People associate more freedom with more harmony, but along with this bill only comes a laundry list of problems. For instance, many college students are known to drink heavily get intoxicated. Mixing alcohol and firearms greatly increases the probability of serious accidents. If our freedom is worth the risk of killing innocent youth than what has this world come to?
This bill includes guns being permitted in all public places, but having a firearm in any college campus is an absurdity. There is a reason why deadly weapons, such as guns, have not been allowed in school zones before. Why should guns be allowed on campuses now? The House should not be even thinking about such preposterousness. If this bill is signed into law the safety of college students will be compromised.
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