Posted on 04/08/2008 8:50:17 AM PDT by neverdem
Brady Campaign won't get permit for event on April 16
Virginia Tech said yesterday that it will not allow a national gun-control advocacy group to hold a campus demonstration on April 16 while the school commemorates last year's massacre.
Tech spokesman Larry Hincker said neither the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence nor the co-sponsor of the planned demonstration, ProtestEasyGuns.com, had applied for an assembly permit, and even if they had, Tech only issues permits to student groups.
Tech's position threw the Brady Campaign's plans into disarray yesterday: The noon demonstration at Tech was supposed to be the centerpiece of a nationwide series of events on April 16 in more than 70 cities and towns.
"I think we'll have to figure out what's going on," said Brady Campaign spokesman Doug Pennington. He added that students and friends of last year's shooting victims are among those who want to participate in the demonstration, "so, I'm sure where there's a will, there's a way without breaking any rules."
The planned demonstration at Tech called for individuals to lie down on the Drillfield in groups of 32 -- to recall the 32 victims of gunman Seung-Hui Cho -- for a few minutes. The brevity of the "lie-in" is meant to highlight how quickly a gun can be purchased in the United States. The Brady Campaign is calling on Congress to mandate background checks of buyers at gun shows.
Tech is marking the shootings on April 16 with a ceremony that begins in the morning and is expected to run past noon. The daylong memorial ends with an evening candlelight vigil.
Hincker said no student group will be given an assembly permit for the Drillfield at noon.
"We expect that the ceremony will likely cross the noon hour, and we will not be allowing..."
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It’s been said before, I know, but it’s worth noting that an armed student or two in those killing field Virginia Tech classrooms might have saved many lives.
At least the group advocating concealed carry on campuses had the good sense to wait until the week after April 16 for their next demonstrations.
This is the first time I have ever agreed with them on anything.
Maybe I should go out and buy a gun on the morning of April 16th to commemorate how the whole tragedy might have been stopped if just one carry permit holder had been legally allowed to have his “easy gun” on campus.
We have that already.
It worked at Appalachian State.
Indeed.
Do you hear yourself, Doug? Trouble is, criminals don't give a flip about rules, so please stop writing them. But they do have the will and the way, thanks to many like you.
April 11 - 13
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I confess to smiling a bit while reading this! Actually, it was a bit more than a smile, more like a huge guffaw!
Perhaps they mean background checks if you and I, presuming that neither of us are dealears, were to make a trade or sale between us.
Actually, they're lying down to make it easier for someone to walk up and shoot them in the head, one by one. That's to recall the doe-in-the-headlights strategy of Virginia Tech's President Hinckley and the rest of the world's gun-control enthusiasts.
“Gun-Free Zone” = Target Rich Environment.
Though some still remain uncomfortable about students and teachers being armed on campus. Va. Tech left little doubt that a no-gun policy is a rining dinner bell for predators.
http://concealedcampus.org/
OK, A joke....
Q: What did the one solitary Brady brain cell say to itself?
A: “I think we’ll have to figure out what’s going on!”
Well....I at least tried..! :)
Those fools are their own worst enemies. And thank goodness for that.
Have you seen the You tube of Carolyn McCarthy, the NY Congresswoman who is an anti-gun whacko, discussing barrel shrouds and why they should be banned?
Here it is, near the one-year anniversery of her laughably stupid comments, with apologies to those who have already seen it (posted on FR previously):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ospNRk2uM3U
“That’s to recall the doe-in-the-headlights strategy of Virginia Tech’s President Hinckley...”
No such person at Virginia Tech.
Awesome news....thanks!
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