This whole University of Utah gun debate is getting ridiculous. The U is claiming that by allowing people with conceal/carry permits to carry weapons on campus, that academic debates will degenerate into gunfights. According to them, allowing legally-concealed weapons will stifle opinions, and cause professors to quit their jobs. I don’t know about anybody else, but I know that I wouldn’t hold back my opinion just because there might be somebody somewhere on campus with a legally-concealed weapon.
Then there’s this quote from a proponent of the gun ban: “You are just one state away from Columbine. You would think a word to the wise would be sufficient.” According to this guy’s line of reasoning, your chances of being shot dead at school has a direct relationship to your proximity to Columbine High School. In fact, why bring up Columbine at all? Were concealed weapons allowed there before those two kids shot the place up with their illegally carried weapons? Sounds pretty ridiculous to me.