Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Today marks the one year anniversary of the deadliest attack on a college campus in U.S. history. On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho, armed with several assault weapons went on an hour long killing spree on the Virginia Tech campus. When he was done, 32 students and faculty were left dead. And then Cho turned his gun on himself.One year later students still struggle to return to some sense of normalcy as the University makrs this tragic anniversary with "A Day Of Rememberance." (To see the calendar of events CLICK HERE)
But in the wake of such a violent string of events, there's a anew movement brewing. Students are beginning to fight for the right to bare arms on campuses across the country.
"Would you rather just sit there and cower underneath a desk when someone executes you or would you rather have a chance to defend your life? That's what it really boils down to."
Michael Flitcraft, a 23-year-old sophomore at the University of Cincinnati, has become a leading advocate for college students to carry weapons on campus. He's an organizer for Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, a grass-roots organization that was formed after last year's Virginia Tech massacre.
"To me it makes no sense that I can defend myself legally over there," he said, pointing to the city streets. "But I am a felon if I step on the grass over here."
To see an interactive map on the status of guns on campuses CLICK HERE
Utah is the only state to allow weapons at all public universities. Colorado allows students at universities to carry weapons, except the main university campus in Boulder. In Virginia, Blue Ridge Community College allows students with a proper concealed-weapons permit to be armed.
But with more and more shooting happening almost routinely, the deabte over the proper way to prevent them continues.
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SOURCES:
cnn.com
msnbc.com
Virginia Tech
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