In Ben Sherman’s article “Campus Carry Would Literally Take Money from Students And…”, he briefly discusses the possibility of students being allowed to carry handguns on campus. Sherman mainly focuses his article on the fact that funding for this would be costing “state colleges millions in preparation and gun safes”. Points can be made on either side and everyone is set on their own opinions and won’t budge. But is the public aware of where most of the funds will be coming from? Those funds will be coming directly from M.D. Anderson Cancer Center’s University Police Department. “Associate director for external communications at Julie Penne said the “costs would be covered out of proceeds from patient revenue, which would normally go toward cancer research, education and prevention efforts”. Sherman stays true to his argument in his belief that we are in the wrong of ever even thinking about using funds from ACCAPD for “something that will leave students dead”. He is aware that some of the public will disagree with him and are willing to take money from whoever to get this whole thing on a roll. He hopes that with digging deeper, rather than just looking at the big picture of allowing students to carry handguns, the public will be aware of what it’s not only costing us out of our pocket’s, but who else it would be affecting…hospital patients in hope of treatment. Besides that fact, he points out that if this were to happen, it would put “student(s) and staff lives at risk by creating a chaotic equity of targets in a highly emotional environment, and it robs students and patients of funds to which they are due”. Sherman presents all of his evidence without necessary targeting anyone as a bad guy, but gets his point across to those opposed to his view.
