LETTER: ‘Conceal Carry’ saves lives

To the editor:

People have been concealing firearms here for a very long time. I agree open-carry would cause problems and people would get scared, but you have to realize it is not those who conceal weapons who are going to start shooting a bunch of people. If you look back to the Virginia Tech shootings, Chardon High School and other shootings, the shooters did not have conceal-carry permits.  

When someone wants to bring a gun to school — or anywhere — to do harm to others, they do not care what laws are in place. It doesn’t matter if every restriction thought of is placed on banning guns, bad people will find a way to get one and carry out their intentions.

If students, faculty and staff would have been able to conceal carry, think of how many people would still be alive.

Kyle Christiansen