Posted on 07/09/2014 6:55:35 AM PDT by marktwain
As I followed the story of the Idaho legislature making the carrying of guns on campus legal for a small subset of students that were highly trained, it was shocking to see how much silly disinformation was published in an attempt to railroad the legislators into voting against the measure. Everything was thrown at them, from the usual "blood in the streets" fallacies, to smears of adult students as irresponsible drunks, to a highly inventive notion that Idaho campuses would lose funding for nuclear research reactors. One educator asked when he would be able to shoot students, in a lame attempt at sarcasm that was published in the NYTs.
The date has come and gone. The legislation became effective on 1 July. The small number of trained and licensed students are now able to legally carry on campus. A reporter interviewed some students at Idaho State University, and most did not have a problem with it. From kpvi.com:
Here is the money quote:
"I do not and would not carry a gun on campus, but I am for it,” says ISU student, Scott Fisher.
"It really doesn't matter to me. I mean if they want a weapon on campus, fine, just don't show it off. I'm good not knowing,” says ISU student, Abigil Barnes.
Some students on the ISU campus say they feel a sense of security, now knowing that their fellow classmates and their professors can be armed on campus.
Although there are not many students attending the summer session at ISU, most the students that were on campus said they don't have a problem with the new gun law
the criminal does not abide by such regulations. better to be able to defend from such trolls.
Which link says most students are comfortable with guns on campus?
Liberals cannot stand the thought or armed citizens. They think that because they cannot control themselves, no one can and the gun makes a normally sane person into a deranged killer.
A good response to the ‘educator’ who sarcastically asked “...when he would be able to shoot students”, could be “When you are no longer afraid of being shot by students you want to murder.”
“Which link says most students are comfortable with guns on campus?”
The kpvi link.
http://www.kpvi.com/content/news/local/story/Students-and-Guns-on-Campus/KjYagp47AkGnDMLDo5Asqw.cspx
ART I, SECTION 11. RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS.compare and contrast with New Mexico's:
The people have the right to keep and bear arms, which right shall not be abridged; but this provision shall not prevent the passage of laws to govern the carrying of weapons concealed on the person nor prevent passage of legislation providing minimum sentences for crimes committed while in possession of a firearm, nor prevent the passage of legislation providing penalties for the possession of firearms by a convicted felon, nor prevent the passage of any legislation punishing the use of a firearm. No law shall impose licensure, registration or special taxation on the ownership or possession of firearms or ammunition. Nor shall any law permit the confiscation of firearms, except those actually used in the commission of a felony.
Art II, Sec. 6. [Right to bear arms.]or South Dakota's:
No law shall abridge the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms for security and defense, for lawful hunting and recreational use and for other lawful purposes, but nothing herein shall be held to permit the carrying of concealed weapons. No municipality or county shall regulate, in any way, an incident of the right to keep and bear arms.
Art VI, § 24. — Right to bear arms.
The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the state shall not be denied.
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