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Gonzales: More Campus Guns Aren't Answer

Wednesday, May 02, 2007 2:00:34 PM
By TIM TALLEY

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, left, speaks during a news conference in Oklahoma City, Wednesday, May 2, 2007, following a meeting with law enforcement, mental health, and higher education officials to discuss ways to make college campuses safer in the wake of the shooting deaths at Virginia Tech last month. Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Jari Askins looks on at right. (AP Photo)OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Wednesday that having more guns on college campuses is not the way to prevent campus violence like the massacre at Virginia Tech.

Since the April 16 shootings that left 33 people dead, including the gunman, at Virginia Tech, some have suggested that the carnage might have been lower if a student or professor with a gun had stepped in.

"I don't think that is the answer quite frankly," said Gonzales, who was participating in a governor's task force to study safety and security on Oklahoma college campuses.


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