Could a fred supporter help me here? I was skipping through to find the shaivo part, and I hit a section where Fred Thompson says he supports banning students from carrying guns on college campuses.
But I can’t believe it. Certainly if Fred Thompson was for banning gun owners from carrying their weapons, I’d have read something about it from the defenders of the 2nd amendment here.
I’ve been called insufficiently pure on the gun issue, so I’m looking for help here.
It was at 27:45 of the taped show.
All three times they tried to kill her, including the last time when they succeeded.
No he did not. Read the transcript.
MR. RUSSERT: And we are back. Senator Fred Thompson is our guest.
Virginia Tech, last April 32 killed, terrible tragedy. You had a radio report back at that time, and Id like to share it with you and our viewers. Virginia Tech, the administrators overrode Virginia state law and threatened to expel or fire anybody who brings a weapon, on the campus. Many other universities have been swayed by an anti-gun, anti-self defense ideology. Whenever Ive seen one of those Gun-free zone signs, especially outside of a school filled with our youngest and most vulnerable citizens, Ive always wondered exactly who these signs are directed at.
My sense in reading that is that you would be in favor of licensed citizens of Virginia, students, including students, to carry concealed weapons on a college campus.
MR. THOMPSON: It would have to be consistent with campus rules. I dont think that all students need to be carrying weapons on the school campus. What I would, I would feel more comfortable with, if a child of mine was on campus, when I read about these people, 30 people or so being lined up and systematically killed without anybody apparently around to do anything about it, I think some, some thought really needs to be given as to who should be properly qualified and permitted and, and armed on campuses and other places where large people gather. But...
MR. RUSSERT: But you would, you would allow a campus to bar their students from carrying concealed weapons?
MR. THOMPSON: Yeah, it, it would have to be consistent with state law and, and, and school rules. And different schools would have, you know, the, the freedom to, to have their own rules as, as, as they see fit.