Guns on campus could harm more than protect

This article is mainly arguing the case against hand guns in public places. This article main topic came about because of what had occurred in Arizona where six people were killed, and thirteen were harmed in the shooting, and what had happened at Virginia Tech were a mentally disturbed student Seung-Hui Cho   killed 32 other people. The author countered these two horrible situations by stating that “And of the incidents that do occur, many either last long enough for armed campus security to respond, or are over before anyone can react”( http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2011-03-01-editorial01_ST_N.htm). Another good point that the article brought up was that most college students usually get drunk and at this moment there judgment become impaired also the article mentions that college students usually have bad judgments .Since most kids who are in college and high school tend to  play first person shooting games  they become so attached to it that they think carrying guns on them is acceptable. If one kid carries a gun on him, then everyone else start to carry guns on them which could lead to the following situation. My younger brother is in high school so every week he tells me a story about a fight that happened in his high school. Next we allow them to carry guns on them for safety, they will abuse their right, because when a person is fighting, he does not think of the outcome of using his gun to harm someone he does not like.  This incident will get parents get scared and start worrying too much. People get hurt and everyone starts to think wrong about the government. We need to change the rule, not for us. We need to change it for the future of this country.
    Last week, I was watching the news with my family and I saw a story about a teenager who was carrying a gun on him and it accidentally went off and injured two 15 year old teenagers. This article is saying that Texas is planning to allow for teacher and students who are above 21 to carry handguns on them but other states did not accept this law and Texas should not accept this law either because it is for our safety and bright future.

Therefore the article has a very reasonable solution which is to “The gunmen at Virginia Tech and in Arizona were both clearly disturbed, but both were able to get firearms and neither was in treatment”(http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2011-03-01-editorial01_ST_N.htm). If we can train students to notice any odd behaviors that the other person is showing, may be we can stop horrible incidents such as Virgina tax and or the shooting in Arizona from accruing.

County considers hotel tax to pay for F1-related improvements

Travis County officials are considering a 2 percent hotel-motel tax as a new approach to pay for road and drainage improvements near a Formula 1 race track. They estimate that this operation will probably cost around $6 million. This is expected to draw 100,000 racing fans to southeastern Travis County annually starting in 2010. Some people are considering that F1 should pay and open a road to the site. Most of the commissioners think that this is a very good and appropriate idea.  Because, we wouldn’t have to pay for the large amount of visitors in our state.  Voters still need to approve how revenue from the tax would be spent. The earliest the county could call an election would be 2012.
    Austin currently collects  9 percent hotel-motel tax, and the state collects a 6 percent tax. The most they can tax on hotel and motel rooms is 2 percent and an additional 2 percent county hotel tax.  The county issued a permit last month that allows developers move dirt on the side of the track. Related buildings begins, organizers must obtain the approvals from the county and the City of Austin before the construction of the track.
    According to Country Judge Sam Biscoe, this idea is planning more that anything else, he said. “if there is a way to shift the cost of road and drainage improvement cased by Formula 1 to patrons of the facility, then it seems to me to be fair to county residents and local taxpayers to do it.” In 2009, Austin had more than 21,000 hotel rooms and 885 rooms in the rest of the country, according to county staffers. Harris County’s 2 percent hotel-motel tax in part plays the county’s debt on the Reliant Astrodome and Reliant complex. The sports authority has its own 2 percent hotel-motel occupancy tax for Minute Maid Park, Toyota Center and Reliant Stadium.