When the campus carry bill passed, we snapped in the best way. We threw an endless party that went on into many nights, through dimensions and past lifelong dreams.
It was the party that ended all parties and it happened because of the passing of more gun laws in Texas.
“It is important to note that state university presidents are allowed to establish reasonable rules, regulations or other provisions regarding this law, including designating areas where handguns may not be carried on campus,” said President and Chancellor Renu Khator in a news release.
What’s wonderful about UH is that it’s a different kind of college. Our diversity is legendary, and our uniqueness is a part of our pride.
Whereas some people in the higher-education racket cringe at this legislation, UH has the ability to embrace it.
See, there are just so many areas on the UH campus where guns would be welcome, nay, preferred.
There are the various places dedicated to sports. TDECU Stadium and Hofheinz Pavilion are perfect examples of facilities in which vast crowds of people gather in the spirit of Americanism.
And to top that off, alcohol is available.
In all seriousness, you can’t have real fun with guns unless you’ve got a nice buzz, some sports to watch and some fellow Americans to cajole. Those factors only add to the excitement inherent in firearms.
Another area is the dormitories and on-campus apartments. These are places of privacy, where people can relax, nap, study and experience all the other comforts of home.
Home is where your gun is; without a gun in your dorm, or in your friend’s dorm, or when you’re just perusing the dorms, how will you get that homely feeling when you’re off on your own for the first time?
And let’s not forget the classroom.
The focal point of collegiate life, it is there, in the rooms and auditoriums, that young, unfettered minds are let loose to inhale the knowledge laid out before them.
But it is nearly impossible to have a real, honest debate without the possibility of violence. Guns and argument give the air a scent of brimstone, with a hint of mint. The perfect cocktail for your morning course.
This bill will help faculty members as well. A gun is the best way to keep a class in line or to deal with clowns, whiners and brownnosers.
But nobody wants to use their gun or waste their bullets.
It’s all just about security.
– The Cougar Editorial Board
Perhaps if the staff that spewed this editorial puke would take the time to read existing and soon to be effective Texas guns laws, they might be able to have an intelligent conversation.
Holders of CHLs must be at least 21 and pass state and FBI background checks. Additionally, classroom training and range testing is required. At any point in this process, the instructor can stop a candidate from continuing if sufficiently concerned about mental state or attitudes.
Athletic venues such as Hofheinz and TDECU are already off-limits and will continue to remain so, owing to the fact that they are athletic arenas.
As there is no legal alcohol limit prescribed for CHL holders, the limit is no drinking otherwise they are construed to be under the influence.
And now, a place where you live on campus for at least 9 months a year, your dorm room, your home, will be declared off-limits in contradiction to the Texas Castle doctrine and the 2nd Amendment? Lawsuits aplenty should come from this denial of rights.
Yikes, im all for having a gun-free campus but this editorial is awful. As a high school journalist, i remember editorials were simple.
State your position
Support your stance
Strike the opposition
Summarize.
this editorial is just a sarcastic rant. im amazed at how terribly this is written.
Your enthusiasm is depraved. I’m guessing you’ll be just as excited when the first student or instructor is laying dead in a pool of his own blood because some renegade student decided the best reply to a bad grade or disagreement is to whip out his legal “concealed” handgun and blast the offender into oblivion. Get some professional help. You’re enthusiasm is shared only by NRA freaks and their political puppets in Austin. You are an embarrassment to any civilized environment involving higher education. All of Houston’s private institutions have roundly snubbed this psychotic policy and your own polls show the majority of students feel the policy unsafe. It most certainly is that and an invitation to senseless tragedy. To have such callous disregard for human life and student safety and welfare speaks volumes of your own moral code.
Relax. They are using a little humor to get people past an irrational fear people have of weapons.
Calm down. The law requires CHL people to be at least 21 years old. They have to pass background checks and must know how to use the weapon safely.
The “laws” are ignored by renegades. There is a huge black market for weapons. Those in possession of firearms without permits and training often acquire them from those able to purchase them legally. Contrary to popular myth this is how most illegally acquired firearms are acquired, not through outright theft. The Daily Cougar has a journalistic duty to keep the student body informed of real issues affecting their daily campus life; not play the comedian — especially in light of recent events such as Texas’ new Campus Carry legislation and its various negative implications. The cheeky tone and timing of this editorial is appalling. It backfires in this case.
I am glad you brought that up. Yes the ILLEGAL access of weapons do happen. Those happen with criminals. Note: criminals can not get a CHL. That is what this story is about. CHL holders having the availability to carry on campus without fear that they will be arrested and made into a criminal because of people’s irrational fears.
You will never stop a criminal with any law. They don’t follow the law, hence the label of criminal.
As far as campus carry. You still have to be 21 to purchase a handgun. You have to be 21 to get a CHL. most students on campus are less then 21. (Unless you’re a senior.)
God bless. Report is cool
Guess you missed the point. Criminals GET THEM from those possessing them LEGALLY, in the majority of cases. And there are no protections against a perfectly legal possessor suddenly going renegade one day. NONE. Age, is no barrier. A certificate is no barrier. Screening could be, but most pro-gun folks don’t see that as valid, since to them any regulation is bad regulation and by some twist of distorted logic seem to think that ever masacre can be prevented if only there were MORE guns. Yet, clearly the pattern thus far is completely the opposite. What you’re advocating is a system that will almost certainly end in someone running afoul of the law and someone involved in a shooting. Why does this not cause you pause? If more guns were a solution to violence, why has gun violence in the U.S. not been reducing with the proliferation of guns instead of escalating? If the more-guns-less-violence model works, why are we not seeing this play out as more guns enter the marketplace?
Just what the world needs…more guns and the violence that goes with it.