 Columbia Missourian  LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Banning guns
threatens campus safety  By Omer Aswad September 22, 2012 | 6:00
a.m. CDT  Do you feel safe on campus?  Now I understand that we
have Fulton cops and campus security stationed on our campus,
and they do a great job, but they cannot be everywhere all the
time.  Many of you do not know about the crimes, which are
sometimes violent and occur on this campus. Most rapes are not
recorded because the victims do not want anybody to know what
happened to them.  To me, this is an indicator that we are not
safe from exterior threats. There is no magical gate that
separates college campuses from public land. That begs the
question: How can students, faculty and staff protect themselves
from those who want to do us harm?  As it stands today, the
state of Missouri allows citizens who have a permit to conceal
and carry a firearm. Anyone who is 21 and meets the requirements
can carry in most areas, barring post offices, government
buildings, public K-12 schools, etc. B