State Bill Would Allow Guns on Campus

The New York Times ^ | 3/5/08 | RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD

[warrior9504]

State Bill Would Allow Guns on Campus

By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, The New York Times

PHOENIX (March 5) - Horrified by recent campus shootings, a state lawmaker here has come up with a proposal in keeping with the Taurus .22-caliber pistol tucked in her purse: Get more guns on campus.

The lawmaker, State Senator Karen S. Johnson, has sponsored a bill, which the Senate Judiciary Committee approved last week, that would allow people with a concealed weapons permit — limited to those 21 and older here — to carry their firearms at public colleges and universities. Concealed weapons are generally not permitted at most public establishments, including colleges.

Ms. Johnson, a Republican from Mesa, said she believed that the recent carnage at Northern Illinois University could have been prevented or limited if an armed student or professor had intercepted the gunman. The police, she said, respond too slowly to such incidents and, besides, who better than the people staring down the barrel to take action?

[warrior9504]

ANOTHER POLL!!! Lovely reporting from the NYT, as usual. It's almost like there is a formula: take some emotional statements from pro-gun side (while ignoring all stats and facts) + unquestioned "facts" by Brady Campaign + one student who is scared of guns = successful anti-gun story by the MSM.

I loved this quote:

"But Cole Hickman, a student at Arizona State University in Tempe, said he had sought to rally opposition to the bill, concerned that, among other things, it would further jeopardize people during a mass shooting."

How the HECK can students be in any more jeopardy then unarmed and defenseless while a lunatic calmly shoots them all execution style?

[wastedyears]

Good news for students in AZ.

[Larry R. Johnson]

Just a .22? A .22 certainly would make a painful wound on an attacker, but my Taurus is a .38, and actually would kill the s.o.b. with a well placed shot. I can’t emphasize too much for anyone who chooses to carry a gun: 1. Calibre....38 or 9mm is minimum!!2. Practice...shoot that puppy, get some good experience with targets that can’t shoot back! 3. Take good aim!