"I feel less safe knowing that a stranger sitting beside me in class may have a gun in his or her backpack," she said.
"The only people that should carry guns are trained officials."
What I want to know, is just
WHAT makes them so less safe?
Is the gun going to magically go on a killing spree all by itself?
Is she afraid that the student my shoot her for copying their work?
It could be that guns just go off by themselves this is why police walk around with them all the time.
But in all seriousness we can never "win" this argument until we find out what the actual phobia or illogical fears are, then take aim (no pun intended) and solve the problem.
People are afraid of what they don't know. Period. Also stories from the "always truthful" media doesn't hurt.
As for the last part
"The only people that should carry guns are trained officials."
I
AM trained and do so often, and it is official. So says state of Texas as I have been endowed with the all holy CHL! And
that, ladies and gentlemen affords me more liberties than a police officer.
Many law enforcement agencies are restricted by what weapon they can carry, where they can carry it, how much ammo they carry, if they can carry a backup weapon or not. Some are restricted on caliber and even ammunition choices.
Once again ladies and gentlemen if it were the "common citizen" that they were worried about we too would have the same restrictions. And, to a certain point we are. Some states restrict NFA weapons or other firearms, even ammo like in NJ.
We have more laws protecting us "the common citizen" than most law enforcement. Now how enforcement of aforementioned laws is entirely another story.