[SirJohnBarleycorn]

<< there never has been, and never will be, a shooting like the one this week at Virginia Tech. There are plenty of guns in western Carolina. There are two universities and a college, where potential victims like those at Tech, can be found by the thousands. >>

With all due respect John, I challenge you to walk into a typical 9 am college class in Cullowhee or Boone, and find out if any of the students sitting there in class just happen to be packing at that moment in time.

I submit that chances are low anyone is.

[AnAmericanMother]

I'll give you Boone (too many liberals there) . . . but Cullowhee, I'm not so sure about.

We do a lot of camping very near there, and I have seen pickups on campus with rifles in the rear window racks. It wouldn't surprise me if somebody in class had something in their backpack.

[PeteB570]

My middle child is looking at going to Boone in 18 months.

She has her rifle in my gun rack but if she gets an apartment she’ll take it with her - and she knows how to use it.

21st Birthday - a hideout .38? Hmmmm, time to start “window shopping.”

[calex59]

With all due respect John, I challenge you to walk into a typical 9 am college class in Cullowhee or Boone, and find out if any of the students sitting there in class just happen to be packing at that moment in time. I submit that chances are low anyone is.

I bet the chances are greater today that they are packing than they were last week at this time.

[Congressman Billybob]

I doubt there are many, if any, students who are “carrying” in class. But I have no doubt that the roads outside are filled with vehicles, many of the people in them “carrying,” whether legally or illegally.

John / Billybob