Campus Safety

I read a very interesting article in the Journal Sentinel the other day regarding guns on college campuses.  Eric Thompson, a gun dealer from Green Bay, suggested that college students should start carrying concealed weapons to class to avert any chance of a killing spree.  Thompson, like many other gun retailers, runs his business via the Internet.  As I am sure most of you have heard by now, Thompson sold weapons online to the shooters at both Northern Illinois and Virginia Tech universities.  Although he feels grief for the situations that unfolded, Thompson is still an advocate for this idea.  Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, a group founded after the Virginia Tech shootings, has grown from a relatively small group to 22,000 students across 14 states.  To me, the idea of making it legal for college students to carry a concealed weapon is kind of scary.  Arming students would make it much easier for would-be shooters to bring guns on campus.  There was a statistic in the article which stated even trained police officers only hit their target 20% of the time.  That, to me, is pretty sad.  I'm not saying an average Joe college student could do any better, but maybe it could actually save lives.  The truth of the matter is, unfortunately, we will never know until another campus shooting takes place and the idea is brought to light again.  What do you guys think?  Should college students be allowed to carry weapons to prevent future massacres?  I think it's a topic up for serious debate.