On her blog, “Guns= Bad News Bears”, Samantha Johnson, posted her opinion towards the article, “Texas Poised to Pass Bill Allowing Guns on Campus,” she read on Yahoo. In her blog, which is directed towards Texas residents, she informs the audience that she believes the bill should not be passed, to allow guns on campus. Although her blog provided one persons direct quote, the article needs more facts and evidence. These two items also need to be provided from both sides of the argument. If Johnson was to provided facts and evidence from both sides, her article would have more substance to hold up her opinion of the argument.
Johnson states: “if guns are allowed on campuses I think that there will be a much greater risk of people getting upset and acting irrationally, and if that irrational person has a gun on them, there is no telling what could happen.” The assumption the argument relies on is that every student may carry a hand gun or the entire outcome of this bill being passed will be negative. Unfortunately, Johnson does not support her argument with many facts. However, she has provided opinions that were provided to the Yahoo article, by other people and she does state the bill should not be passed.
No, I do not believe the argument is successful and it does not convince me. It does not convince me because, I do not have enough facts to base a decision on and I only read one side of the story. Initially, I believed allowing anyone to carry handguns on campus is not a good idea. However, after reading this blog, I believe I need to read more into the bill and hear from both sides of the argument.