There's an interesting conversation on Facebook (for once) concerning gun use in universities...

I started this over at Jaiku but I thought I'd copy-paste some of my thoughts here ;)

So basically, the guys at Facebook were discussing the rights to bear arm granted by the Second Amendment, someone decided to introduce the topic of whether students in universities should be allowed to bear arms.

It's interesting to note the time this amendment was made, and the availability of guns in this day and age. It is also interesting to note how lacking guns might prevent people from defending themselves from someone who is armed (assuming the would-be victim has had some gun training)

Should guns be outlawed in certain places? If they are outlawed to prevent such tragedies from occurring, but they still happen because the individual chooses to violate these rules, are the rules really protecting anyone? LSU has "Gun-Free Zone" signs posted throughout campus, but is that really going to stop anyone who might already be breaking the law by obtaining the gun illegally to bring it to LSU? The only ones who will abide by the rules are those who do so in the first place, not those who do break the rules. So what can these signs accomplish? As a fellow Jaikuer points out: Provide target practice