Rudy Taylor, the Caney scribe, recently wrote a light-hearted column about buying a KU Jayhawks shirt made in an Asian country.
Concealed carry of firearms and their presence on Kansas campuses isn’t a bit light-hearted; it’s serious business and legislators, rather than bowing to gun lobbies, should pay more attention to those affected.
Beginning this fall, an Associated Press dispatch said, fans crowding into Allen Fieldhouse to watch the Jayhawks may encounter detectors as university officials try to keep guns from having a presence during games.
Shouts we’ve all heard of “kill the ref” otherwise might become reality. That is hyperbole, but goodness knows how many guns scattered around a high-charged event, such as college athletics is, could lead to tragedy.
Those who populate campuses — as well as healthcare facilities — are opposed to permitting concealed guns, or those carried in the open, for that matter.
Why can’t contrary legislators understand that? Or our governor, Sam Brownback, for that matter. This isn’t a philosophical point to be made in favor of the Second Amendment. It’s deadly serious.
If a shooting, as horrible as that would be, were to unfold — they have elsewhere — having any number of people pulling handguns and starting to “defend” themselves and their friends would lead to exacerbated chaos.
One of the first things law enforcement officers say when teaching courses in how to react to an active shooter, is to find a hiding place or lay down flat. When they arrive, their targets are those holding guns.
A House committee had hearings Wednesday on a bill to permit universities, colleges and public hospitals continuance of an exemption. An identical bill was kept from advancing from committee by pro-gun Senators.
So much for the Senate being the upper chamber.
— Bob Johnson
