Dangers on campus
The Florida Legislature’s insane plan to allow open-carry and guns on college campuses is beyond rational belief.
Our son was a sophomore at the University of Florida when an incoherent and drunk fraternity brother viciously attacked him. Unprovoked, this teenager blindsided our son with a head-butt so severe it ripped open his forehead leaving a bloody gash requiring 15 stitches at Shands Hospital in Gainesville.
To this day, the scar between my son’s eyebrows is a reminder of his supposed friend, who was drinking hard liquor to oblivion. There’s already enough alcohol-fueled emotional immaturity on campuses. Can you imagine what could have happened if guns were involved?
L.G. Sheffield,
Fort Lauderdale
This story was originally published October 20, 2015 at 8:17 PM with the headline "Dangers on campus."