[lexington86]

I don't have my carry permit yet (not 21 yet), but even if I did, I probably wouldn't have been carrying here on campus (Penn State University Park) due to the University's policy on guns (basically, you're in deep doo-doo if you're caught carrying a firearm on campus).

You can be sure that I will be writing a letter to Mr. Spanier explaining why the University should allow students and faculty/staff to carry if they are legally allowed to do so (especially given what happened at VA Tech).

Penn State has many large buildings with very large classrooms. I don't think I have to go into very much detail for you to imagine how many innocent students could meet the same fate here if somebody decided to pull the same stunt. There is no possible way Penn State Police or State College Police would be able to respond quickly enough to save the same number of lives that a single armed and law-abiding student or faculty/staff member could.

As for me, my only option right now is to always carry my Gerber folder and to constantly be aware of (and evaluating) my surroundings. In fact, this is one of the reasons that I stopped using my iPod while walking around campus.