By Blake Haas
BLOOMINGTON – On the heels of a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Illinois Wesleyan’s President calls for more gun control.
In closing out her third year as IWU’s President, Georgia Nugent, is calling on state lawmakers to do more to protect innocent children.
“Frankly, I think the only answer is going to be gun control. If you look at the pattern of mass shootings that we endure, day after day, week after week in this country, typically, it’s all over within a minute or two. There’s very little that one can do proactively. It’s just a very difficult crime to deal with.
We can attempt to prevent it, obviously, and that’s where I believe gun control – a serious look at our mental health options and preparations, those are all preventative strategies. But, once a gunman has an attack rifles and hundred rounds of ammunition, there’s very little that can be done.”
After the shooting, the debate to arm teachers is at the forefront of discussions, but President Nugent suggests otherwise.
“I think that’s a terrible possibility,” she said on the Afternoon Show. “I think that we are too much influenced by the media presentation of violence, which really dominates our film industry. And there’s a concept that the man on the street could be a sharp-shooter, and that’s just not the case.”
IWU, which just closed out the school year, is home to over 2,000 students.
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