Those were adults.
Perhaps if they were expected to act like adults, instead of being infantalized by the educational system, they would act like adults.
You're 18 years old, you're an adult. Being "in college" doesn't negate that, no matter how many school administrators want you to believe otherwise. Those "kids" can vote, sign contracts, join the military, get married, rack up crushing debts, have a job, pay taxes, operate 3000# motorized battering rams in public, make their own medical choices, and even occasionally show up in class. Just because some of them are too sheltered/stupid/indoctrinated to realize it, they're still adults. Disarming them is unconstitutional, foolish, and unenforceable.
Of course the criminals LOVE it, having a ready supply of helpless victims incapable of self-sufficiency means that there's always a drunk to roll, always something to rape, always a car to jack ... just look for a clueless 18-22 year old "semi-adult" and intimidate them, followed by low-effort profit.
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