The Huffington Post Features an Op-Ed by Dean Victor Schwartz and Drs. Jerald Kay and Paul Appelbaum on the Dangers of Firearms in the Hands of Students May 13, 2010 -- Several states have now proposed laws that would allow students to carry concealed weapons on their college campus. Advocates of these bills argue that the recent tragic shootings at colleges in Virginia and Illinois might have been prevented or mitigated if students and faculty--not just the gunman--had firearms at the ready. But, such legislation is not only unnecessary, it is ill-conceived and would most likely lead to more tragedy than it prevents and certainly won't make campuses safer. In fact, while recent violent crimes on campus are troubling, colleges are actually extraordinarily safe places, with the majority of experts espousing that the relative lack of guns is precisely what makes them havens from violent crimes. Read full article on The Huffington Post... Dr. Victor Schwartz is University Dean of Students at Yeshiva University and associate professor of clinical psychiatry at YU's Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Jerald Kay is professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Wright State University's Boonshoft School of Medicine. Dr. Paul Appelbaum is the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Law and director of the Division of Law, Ethics and Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Drs. Schwartz and Kay are the editors of Mental Health Care in the College Community (Wiley-Blackwell). Read about their new book at Faculty News.