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Originally Posted by rwthomas1
Regarding the maturity of college students and CCW it should be a non-issue. The process of getting a CCW will shake out the immature quite handily. Most CCW states require 21years of age. Are you now going to tell me that 21 is not enough? We already send 18yr olds to foreign countries armed with rifles to KILL people even though they can't drink a beer legally. When is one mature enough? 30? 40? When the gov't says we are?
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For one thing, most college kids are under 21, so if CCWs are a deterrent, the nutjob would just shoot up 100-300level classes. That's why allowing professors makes more sense.
Second, college is an insular, unique world. A 21 yr old not in college, living in the real world with a real job and real bills, etc. is different than a 21 yr old in college. This is not to say that being in college should stop one from being able to own/carry, just that I don't have a problem with college rules disallowing guns on campus.
As for the military, I think you can concede that life in the service, especially on deployment, is quite different from regular everday life in America. For one thing, high school doesn't start with boot camp.