[marktwain]

You won't see reporting such as this in the Washington Post!

[2harddrive]

ABOUT TIME. The 2nd Amendment was meant to EMPOWER Americans...not shackle them.

[TLI]

“If Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois taught us anything it’s that putting up a sign that says ‘no guns allowed’ really doesn’t work,” Feltoon said.

I would tell them to go deactivate all security systems at their bank and put up a sign...

"No Bank Robbery Allowed."

[coloradan]

“It’s 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.

That's not hypocrisy, that's a double standard. Hypocrisy is when someone does something he advises (or legislates) against others doing.

[Joe Brower]

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Again, let me propose that if there is momentum at the State level to allow CC permits on campus, and effort should be made, again at the State level, to voluntarily empower CC holders on campus to everyone’s benefit. No reason to even ask the liberal college administration.

That is, the State should also mandate a voluntary pager system to *notify* CC students and faculty if there has been an incident on campus. Once they are paged, they step into a hallway and make a cellphone call to a recorded message from the campus police, with information about the incident.

This accomplishes several things. To start with, most CC students and faculty would be unaware of an incident on campus unless they are notified. But notification gives them precious time to prepare themselves, emotionally, and mechanically, with their weapon.

Second, the call would suggest to them that if they chose to do so, they should find a covered position near the front entrance of their building, to both observe, and be in a safe defensive position. Importantly, not to brandish their weapon, however, so they are not mistaken for the shooter, and certainly not to go hunting for the shooter.

This would provide both intelligence information and some degree of site security, as a covered position near the front of a building would have a good area of observation if the shooter was in the open; it would help protect the unarmed people in the building; and it would help to shorten the duration of the incident.

A lot of CC students and faculty would not be interested in such a system, but some would. And even half a dozen such people on the campus would strongly increase the degree of difficulty for the shooter. The shooter would make his presence known, but the CC holders would be in the shadows ready to strike if needs be.

It would turn a right into an opportunity.

[Travis McGee]

“If Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois taught us anything it’s that putting up a sign that says ‘no guns allowed’ really doesn’t work,” Feltoon said.

Actually, it says, “Deranged maniacs: open killing field inside! Nobody can or will resist your massacre! Come on in and open fire!”

[Amendment10]

Given that John Bingham and the 39th Congress not only clarified that the 2nd A. protects the personal right to keep and bear arms, but that Sec. 1 of the 14th A. prohibits the states from enforcing laws which abridge constitutional rights, we're seeing a situation where:

1) College students and administrators are ignorant about what the Constitution says about gun rights.

2) College students simply cannot afford the legal costs of fighting for their gun rights.

3) Both of the above.

Also, given that colleges trumpet a well-rounded education, they practically obligate themselves to opening shooting ranges and offering classes in gun training, as opposed to hypocritically abridging student's 2nd and 14th A. protections by outlawing guns on campus.

[bmwcyle]

One of this group spoke at our Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc. (VCDL) lat week.