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A safer society with guns (Boston Globe article!)
Boston Fishwrap ^ | 3/21/12 | Jacoby

Posted on 03/22/2012 6:38:13 AM PDT by pabianice

THE COLORADO Supreme Court put some noses out of joint when it ruled unanimously this month that the University of Colorado’s campus gun ban violated a 2003 state law that entitles residents with permits to carry concealed weapons.

One of those noses belonged to Abraham Nowels, a University of Colorado student who wrote to the Denver Post: “We’re in the middle of midterms right now, and I can’t think of anything I’d rather be focusing on than which of my fellow over-stressed, binge-drinking peers is carrying a concealed weapon into class with me.’’ The Post agreed, pleading in an editorial for “legislators with enough gumption’’ to change the state’s concealed-carry law and “give colleges the power they need to keep students safe.’’

(Excerpt) Read more at articles.boston.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: guns
A herd of pigs just flew by my office window...
1 posted on 03/22/2012 6:38:17 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: pabianice

...One of those noses belonged to Abraham Nowels, a University of Colorado student who wrote to the Denver Post: “We’re in the middle of midterms right now, and I can’t think of anything I’d rather be focusing on than which of my fellow over-stressed, binge-drinking peers is carrying a concealed weapon into class with me.’’

Anyone want to start a pool to see which marshmallow major this clown is pretenting to study? Education, Social “Studies”, Underwater Basket Weaving?


2 posted on 03/22/2012 6:47:25 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Da Coyote

How about Political Science?


3 posted on 03/22/2012 7:11:33 AM PDT by fredhead (It's my Herbie year...check out the number on the side of the famous VW.)
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To: Da Coyote

Hey, it’s not easy weaving baskets underwater.


4 posted on 03/22/2012 7:15:30 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: pabianice
Did anyone else notice the title of the linked page in the link? There's no editorial agenda from the Boston Globe....nope...none at all...no it's just my imagination.... / sarcasm off

articles.boston.com/2012-03-21/opinion/31215570_1_gun-ban-ban-handguns-heller-decision

5 posted on 03/22/2012 7:58:01 AM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: pabianice
From the article:

" For when honest citizens carry weapons, criminals are less likely to attack — and those who do are more likely to fail."



6 posted on 03/22/2012 8:49:05 AM PDT by mrmeyer ("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
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To: pabianice
From the article:

" For when honest citizens carry weapons, criminals are less likely to attack — and those who do are more likely to fail."



7 posted on 03/22/2012 8:51:09 AM PDT by mrmeyer ("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
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