• May 23, 2013

Campus Police Officers Should Carry Guns

To the Editor:

It is indeed ironic that, at a time when college students are demanding—and sometimes winning—the right to carry guns on campus, police officers at many colleges and universities across the country still lack that same ability.

Let's arm the cops before we worry about arming the students.

David H. Tillinghast
Chief of Police
Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, Mass.

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