I don’t like guns. I have never liked guns, and the thought of being around any kind of gun, whether it is a firearm, a paintball gun or a pellet gun, makes my stomach queasy. The sight of a gun puts me in a state of panic and I immediately don’t trust the person carrying the gun and find a reason to leave the area.

Indiana State Bill No. 0181, the bill that will allow anyone with a valid license to carry a loaded firearm on campus, has me shitting bricks. My fear of loaded weapons could cripple me from entering the UC to eat lunch if I see a pistol hanging off a belt loop or have me distracted in class when I see the barrel of handgun peeking out of a lady’s handbag.

I’m not scared of someone getting so angry with me that they pull out the gun pistol whip me and shoot me in the knee cap. I’m more worried about the accidents that could happen. I don’t want some immature adult showing off his new “piece” and accidently pulling the trigger, or a girl digging in her bag for a pencil and shooting me in arm.

I don’t trust people enough to let them use a stapler around me, let alone carry a deadly weapon.

I know it is our constitutional right to bear arms, and I’m the last person to want to strip a person of their right to do anything, but I don’t see why someone would need to carry one on campus. Are you going to get attacked by another student in the middle of the day and feel the need to pull on them?

What crimes on campus are being committed that anyone would need to protect themselves with bullets spraying from their fingers? If you are that worried about line jumpers at Cyclone Salads I think you have a problem.

Of course, there are those people that will say “well with all these school shootings I’m gonna need to protect myself from crazy people.”

Yes, please if you ever find yourself in the situation of a campus shooting pull out your loaded gun and go down vigilante style because two people firing guns is always better than one. You are not the Boondock Saints or Batman, so please leave it to the professionals. Trust me your aim is not that impressive, just ask your girlfriend.

If the bill passes, the only good it will do is the satisfaction that those who carry guns and can feel safe from the dangers that USI campus poses. Those of us who get sick at the sign of guns being carried around by people who watch Jersey Shore and listed being the beer pong champion is their New Year’s resolution are just shit out of luck.