Guns On Campus, Seriously?

For a few years now, there has been an ongoing debate about whether to allow students with concealed handgun licenses to carry their firearms on campus or not. There have been several instances in which maniacs have gone on rampages, which have resulted in the death and injury of students and faculty. Congress should legislate the carrying of concealed firearms for those qualified, this way, students and faculty will have a better chance at self-defense.

    Those that are 21 years of age and have a handgun license should be able to carry their firearms wherever they please in order to protect themselves. Several people have stated that they feel more safe and comfortable in their surroundings when they have their guns with them. It is the job of the university to make to students as comfortable as possible so they can have a successful learning experience, this cannot happen if students are worried about someone coming in the classroom and shooting it up.

   People argue that if everyone had a gun, students and faculty would be at more risk to encounter shootings. But, not everyone is just granted the right to carry a gun or attain a concealed handgun license. There is a screening process in which an application must be submitted and background checks and other things are performed to ensure that convicted felons and people with mental disorders are not allowed to do so. For example, if I was in prison for 10 years for aggravated assault and attempted to attain a concealed handgun license, my application will automatically be rejected because I messed off that chance and gave up that right when I went to jail. Or, if I was emitted to a mental institute because I had schizophrenia or something of that nature, I would not be able to get a concealed handgun license because not only would I be a danger to others, but a danger to myself as well. Therefore, attaining a concealed license it a timely process and only those that are qualified with no questions asked are admitted.

   With students being able to carry their guns with them, they can be more at ease because they know that they can protect themselves at any possible moment if something was to happen. The “Students for Concealed Carry on Campus” organization is composed of tens of thousands college students, professors, employees, and alarmed citizens who believe that students should be granted the right to carry their firearms on campus. Together, they organized the “Empty Holster” protest, where students, professors, and others on campuses across the country with handgun licenses walk around with empty holsters. The purpose of this is to peacefully demonstrate that they are defenseless against attacks and that they are being deprived of their rights as law-abiding citizens. They also argue that attackers target the weak and helpless, which is everyone who does not have a gun, and they are more vulnerable.

    Since the Virginia Tech Massacre in 2008, a campus shooting that took the lives of 32 victims, there have been 15 shootings on colleges taking at lease 1 life, which is one too many. If we have people on campus that carry concealed firearms, sick people like those that have already wreaked havoc will second guess their selves because they know that they can be taken down in an instance and whatever they are trying to accomplish with be diminished.  Also, if something drastic was to happen, it is extremely more convenient for someone with a gun to defend their self and everyone else rather waiting for authorities to show up. Who knows how long that could take? By the time police or SWAT arrive, it could be too late and the damage could already be done. It takes a long time for authorities to come up with a plan to make sure that things go how they want them to, but that is not quite the case.

Point blank, NO GUNS ON CAMPUS!! Period. 

Funny A** Commercial

    Whenever I’m having a bad day or in a bad mood, I just sit down and watch television all day. Most recently I was lying in bed mad because my check didn’t deposit into my account when I expected it t, which lead to my whole schedule being messed up and out of order. As I’m watching Sports Center (like I do every day) I saw this Taco Bell commercial about a man in a 5-star restaurant getting a small portion of steak on a plate, and he was somewhat displeased. Then it shows another man playing the piano for the dinner guest’s entertainment, and he’s singing his heart out about the new Quad Steak Burrito at Taco Bell; singing that it has four times the steak of what the first man had on his plate. Everyone in the restaurant starts applauding, whistling, and singing along, “Four times the steaaak!”

     That commercial really made me laugh and brightened my day. For the rest of the day I was singing, “Four times the steaaak!” and “That’s like a whole huuunk of cow!” Lots of times I wonder how people come up with such funny commercials, and they’re so funny that I want to go and buy whatever product they’re trying to sell. I also wonder how much they get paid; it has to be a ton of money for a good idea. Like whoever came up with the “eat more chikin” campaign for Chikfila, that person has to be a multi-millionaire because every single Chikfila commercial has those dumb ass cows doing something ignorant and hilarious because they don’t want to get killed and grilled. It’s classic. The funniest one to me was when the cows knocked over a giant burger off of a building on top of a car and smashed it. The news was out covering what happened and there’s cows popping out of nowhere with signs that say to eat “chikin”, but the people around aren’t even paying attention to them. I seriously have no idea why I find this commercial so funny, but I do.

    By far, the funniest commercial I have ever seen is the Starburst Berries & Cream commercial with the little man dressed up like a leprechaun singing “Berries and cream! Berries and cream! I’m a little lad who loves berries and cream!” And at the end he jumps in the air and clicks his heels together. I wish I could really understand why this commercial is so hilarious to me; because every time I see it, I laugh and roll on the floor like I’ve never seen it before. I guess I’m just weird like that. I think that someone should make a television station with only commercials on it all day long, every day. I would most definitely watch it. They could only be funny commercials though, none of those serious and boring ones with serious meanings. Companies might actually make a lot more money if they were to make a station like that. Just a suggestion.

Late Night

So, I was lying in bed trying to fall asleep, and for some reason, I just could not do it. I tossed and turned for about twenty minutes when I finally established that maybe it wasn't time for me to go to sleep yet. While I'm looking up at the ceiling, I start thinking about all the shoes, shirts, jeans, and accessories that need to be in my closet. I'm a big Gucci fan, but it's a bit on the expensive end so I can't just go out and buy it whenever I please. With this in mind, I got to thinking about all the different times I've seen people wearing knock-off Gucci and Louis Vuitton, and I don't know why, but it REALLY bugs me. I mean, people are entitled to wear whatever they choose, whenever and wherever they please. But, some things are just ridiculous. Such as: Gucci Nike's. Now, everyone and their mom knows that unless you’re a highly paid celebrity, no one can afford a pair of REAL Gucci Air Force One's. But yet I see people walking around wearing the shoes with their toes about to pop out and the heels worn down to the point where you can see their socks. It's just not cool man. Everyone wants to be portrayed as a person with money and power, when quite frankly, it cannot be like that. The clothes you wear and how much money you have has nothing to do with personality. But we won’t get into all that. Since this is my blog and I can talk about whatever I want I’ll kind of veer off a little bit. I’m a guy that is very big on fashion, I may not look like it when I go to class, but I have a pretty fresh closet with some pretty exclusive gear in it. There have been times when I have tried to fight people off of me and even been jumped because someone wanted my shoes or something else I had on. That’s just how it is where I’m from sometimes. Since I like to watch television all of the time, I see lots of outfits and such that celebrities have on. I don’t necessarily look for things exactly how I see them, but I spin off ideas to look fresher than what I see on television, which requires excellent hunting skills because you want your clothes to be exclusive so people can ask “where’d you get that at?” then I smile and reply, “outer space”. I only do that because I don’t just want to give my secrets out like that and see people wearing the same clothes that I have on. I think that they should get their own style and not try to bite off mine. I know that nothing that I have is extremely exclusive and it bothers me when I see someone with the same shirt on as me or something and if I’m in a bad mood I want to go snatch it off of them. But all in all, I’m always fresh.