Guns should be allowed on campus

I would like to respond to the March 5 article "2 robbed during weekend." \nI don't understand how these robberies could have taken place in the middle of campus like they did. Apparently, the robber(s) were unaware of the University's policy of no firearms on University property. I would hate to think the robber(s) would have the nerve to ignore the policy as if it didn't exist.\nLet's be serious, folks. We all know criminals are going to commit crimes knowing they are breaking the law; that's how they get the name "criminal." Why would a person care if they broke the "No firearms" policy when they were planning to use it in a more serious crime that brings a stiffer penalty? I guess the only people on this campus who are able to protect themselves from crime are, um, the criminals.\nI suppose you must give the robber(s) credit for their choice of locations for armed robbery. What better place could there be to pull a gun on somebody and demand their wallet than on a campus where nobody can protect himself with firearms?\nI am a law-abiding citizen with a permit to carry a concealed handgun in the state of Indiana. I have had many hours of firearm safety training and many more hours of shooting experience. I am an IU employee with no criminal record, but I can't even keep a handgun under the seat of my truck, my own personal vehicle, while parked in a University parking lot. \nDon't get me wrong: I don't want to go around carrying my Colt .45 automatic while I'm replacing ceiling tile at the Law Library. But what gives the University the right to tell me I can't have it under the seat of my own personal vehicle? As far as I'm concerned, what I keep in my truck is my business and nobody else's. And the last time I checked, the Second Amendment was still in the Constitution.