Posted on 04/26/2008 5:43:15 AM PDT by marktwain
A representative from Students for Concealed Carry on Campus argued for a more sensible policy for carrying concealed handguns on college and university campuses at Walter Hall last night.
Its hypocritical to say you can bring a gun into a 300-person movie theatre but not a 300-person lecture hall, said Stephen Feltoon, Midwest regional director of SCCC.
Feltoon, a 2007 graduate of Miami University of Ohio, spoke for a 40-person group as part of the SCCCs weeklong protest of concealed carry laws across the nation that forbid concealed handguns on college campuses.
The OU Second Amendment club comprising about 10 active members who participate in shooting activities and safety lessons invited Feltoon to speak for the occasion.
Current Ohio law states that you cannot bring a concealed firearm on campus unless you have a license to do so and the gun is locked in your car or you are in the immediate process of locking it in your car, Feltoon said.
Thats it, he said. One sentence removes my right and yours to carry a concealed firearm on campus.
Feltoon refuted several counter-arguments he often hears, like the idea that college students are often highly stressed drinkers and drug users. He said it is illegal to carry a gun while under the influence of alcohol whether you are on campus or not.
SCCC began as a Facebook group after the shootings on the campus of Virginia Tech last year. The group then held its first empty-holster protest on Oct. 22, 2007.
After another shooting at Northern Illinois University, the groups membership grew to about 22,000.
If Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois taught us anything its that putting up a sign that says no guns allowed really doesnt work, Feltoon said.
Thank you for replying, but I've got some reservations about your statement above. First, noting that I don't know much about Bill Ayers, since the Constitution contains many things, do you know what specific aspects of the Constitution that he despises?
Also, given the prevalence of politically correct interpretations of the Constitution, does he despise honest interpretations of the Constitution, or is he inadvertently despising politically correct interpretations of the Constitution?
One of this group spoke at our Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc. (VCDL) lat week.
I sent you the posts with the information about Bill Ayers to help you to understand the philosophy of the people who have taken over most of the colleges and universities in this country.
They treat Ayers and his ilk as Rock Stars because they actually had the guts to take violent physical action against the system they despise...The United States. This is why I say that they despise the U.S. Constitution.
You’re right, that’s not hypocrisy...this is what I get for not looking at my speech more carefully.
All college students have a hormonal imbalance? Does that include all of the non-traditional students like the 30 year-old in one of the classes I’m kinda taking?
It’s not that *college students* are more responsible, it’s that *licensees* are.
Welcome to FR!
If I can be of any help to you in continuing to stand up to the opposition, please don’t hesitate to ask.
You make a good point, which is that licensees are what should be compared, not the college population as a whole. (I personally oppose permits, being more of a Vermont-carry type if I had my way.) But given that permits do actually exist, what reason could possibly exist to deny their authority on colleges? The answer can’t be a lack of need to do so, as V. Tech has made clear. No, it’s got to be something else. What? (I have some guesses.)
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