Texas A&M Personal Protection Bill

After many weeks of debate, Student Senate officially passed the “Texas A&M Personal Protection Bill,” which advocates for concealed carry in campus buildings. The concealed carry bill passed with a vote of 38-19 at the Oct. 31 Senate meeting, but was stalled after a motion was made to reconsider the bill. At Wednesday’s meeting, the…

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Is Gun Control Helping or Hurting Europe?

If decreasing the number of legally owned guns is supposed to help prevent crime, it’s not working in Europe. Many developed nations with high rates of gun ownership have murder rates that are actually lower than many developed nations where gun ownership is much more rare. For example, as Table 1 shows, the murder rate…

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