Gun-hating liberals will find any reason for why guns don’t belong on campus, but the argument that it will hurt those in the LGBT community doesn’t fly with Jason Ozenne, a senior at the University of Houston.
Ozenne, who identifies as a member of the LGBT community, spoke with The Daily Cougar about his thoughts on the effect campus carry would have.
“I absolutely do not feel safe on campus,” Ozenne said. He had an equally direct answer when asked if he was “concerned for your or the LGBTQ community’s safety once campus carry is enacted?” Ozenne explained he is able to see both sides of the issue:
On the flip side, I do not believe everyone having a gun is the answer to this problem either. I think it’s absurd to think owning a gun would have “fixed” the Orlando situation, or any in that nature where you have someone using a machine gun in an enclosed space. By the time you are able to get to your gun, load it, etc., there will already be lost lives and yours could very well be one of them.
Do I believe that it could have stopped (or) slowed him down though? Absolutely. As far as this being on a school (campus), it would depend on the situation (or) location. But I think that for the most part, gun violence will remain static on campus.
Rather than being victims, many in the LGBT community reacted to the Orlando shooting by becoming members of pro-gun groups like the Pink Pistols, furthering a point advocated for years that gun rights protect the LGBT community.
Texas universities, with the exception of private schools opting-out, have just a few days left to prepare for the state’s campus carry bill to go into effect on August 1.
(H/T: Campus Reform)
