The part I’m refering to is at the end of that transcript:
Russert: “But you would, you would allow a campus to bar their students from carrying concealed weapons?”
Thompson: “Yeah, it, it would have to be consistent with state law and, and, and school rules.”
He didn’t “support” it in the sense of advocating for it, but he did say “yes” in response to “you would allow a campus to bar their students from carrying concealed weapons”.
So it sound like he doesn’t think students have a 2nd amendment right to carry weapons for protection at a public school, because he says that if he supports allowing the state to pass a law barring it, or the college having a rule against it.
That’s what it looks like to me. What is the alternate explanation for what he said? It sounds like he is saying federalism includes allowing states to pass laws barring gun owners from carrying weapons.
That's the point I was trying to make.
It sounds like he is saying federalism includes allowing states to pass laws barring gun owners from carrying weapons.
As the law stands now, it does.