Supporters of legislation that would allow students and faculty to carry concealed handguns at colleges and universities in Texas say their goal is to make campuses safer.
But some of the Dallas-area students they hope to protect say they’d feel less secure knowing their peers might be armed.
“If the gun was out there, I would feel uneasy,” said Russell Ansley, a junior at the University of Texas at Dallas. “It could create an atmosphere of hostility.”
Phil Montgomery, a junior at the University of North Texas, said he’d rather see more security officers than ask students to pitch in.
“I don’t feel I should have to take a gun in order to be safe at school,” he said. “Having an officer or two in a building would be more beneficial than having any kid that wanted to bring their own weapons to school.”
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