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A supporter of open-carry laws wears a pistol as he prepares for a rally at the Texas Capitol in 2016.College campuses are places where young adults are free to discover a lot about themselves and the world around them.
reported in 2021 that nearly 3 in 4 students suffered from moderate or severe psychological distress.by our newsroom colleague Allie Morris that the Texas Department of Public Safety has begun issuing licenses to publicly carry handguns to 18-to-20-year-olds is so alarming.The action by DPS is thanks to U.S. District Court Judge Mark Pittman of Fort Worth, who in August ruled that the Texas statute preventing adults under 21 from being licensed to carry handguns violates the Second Amendment.
With the ruling allowed to stand, DPS has seen about 100 applications from teenagers and 20-year-olds wanting to carry handguns. Many more are expected, including students at public universities. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University said in a 2016 study that “increasing gun availability in campus environments could make far more common acts of aggression, recklessness or self-harm more deadly.”,” noted that young adults, their brains still developing, often engage in risky behaviors like binge drinking and drug use.
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