I would like to thank the Alligator for the marvelous bit of backward thinking displayed in Monday's editorial. First after Virginia Tech and now after Northern Illinois University, I have read this paper's disparaging remarks toward those who would take responsibility for their own safety by carrying the means to defend themselves.
It is nothing short of irresponsible for a paper that is supposed to represent the best interests of students to collaborate with an administration that cares more about how its emergency preparedness sounds in a press release than what happens during an attack.
While weapons, laptops and lattes may terrify certain closed-minded editorialists, I am certain the lives of the students of this university are worth more than whatever funds UF can scrape together for its security budget.
