Posted on 02/28/2009 5:15:58 AM PST by marktwain
For CCSU student John Wahlberg, a class presentation on campus violence turned into a confrontation with the campus police due to a complaint by the professor.
On October 3, 2008, Wahlberg and two other classmates prepared to give an oral presentation for a Communication 140 class that was required to discuss a relevant issue in the media. Wahlberg and his group chose to discuss school violence due to recent events such as the Virginia Tech shootings that occurred in 2007.
Shortly after his professor, Paula Anderson, filed a complaint with the CCSU Police against her student. During the presentation Wahlberg made the point that if students were permitted to conceal carry guns on campus, the violence could have been stopped earlier in many of these cases. He also touched on the controversial idea of free gun zones on college campuses.
That night at work, Wahlberg received a message stating that the campus police requested his presence. Upon entering the police station, the officers began to list off firearms that were registered under his name, and questioned him about where he kept them.
They told Wahlberg that they had received a complaint from his professor that his presentation was making students feel scared and uncomfortable.
I was a bit nervous when I walked into the police station, Wahlberg said, but I felt a general sense of disbelief once the officer actually began to list the firearms registered in my name. I was never worried however, because as a law-abiding gun owner, I have a thorough understanding of state gun laws as well as unwavering safety practices.
Professor Anderson refused to comment directly on the situation and deferred further comment.
It is also my responsibility as a teacher to protect the well being of our students, and the campus community at all times, she wrote in a statement submitted to The Recorder. As such, when deemed necessary because of any perceived risks, I seek guidance and consultation from the Chair of my Department, the Dean and any relevant University officials.
Wahlberg believes that her complaint was filed without good reason.
I dont think that Professor Anderson was justified in calling the CCSU police over a clearly nonthreatening matter. Although the topic of discussion may have made a few individuals uncomfortable, there was no need to label me as a threat, Wahlberg said in response. The actions of Professor Anderson made me so uncomfortable, that I didnt attend several classes. The only appropriate action taken by the Professor was to excuse my absences.
The university police were unavailable for comment.
If you cant talk about the Second Amendment, what happened to the First Amendment? asked Sara Adler, president of the Riflery and Marksmanship club on campus. After all, a university campus is a place for the free and open exchange of ideas.
“Upon entering the police station, the officers began to list off firearms that were registered under his name, and questioned him about where he kept them.”
And the correct answer is “none of your business.”
Next step is to get a lawyer and prepare to sue the University.
We should stop paying to have our kids indoctrinated by idiot “professors”.
“So we should arrest all the gay rights supporters, I suppose.”
No, but they should be questioned about where they keep their condoms.
After all, a university campus is a place for the free and open exchange of ideas.
HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!.....so young, so naive.
Exactly.
Typical liberal, doing anything they can to subvert or scare people into shutting up and doing only as leftists tell them.
JoMa
Liberal thought process: He has guns, so he’s likely to go on a murderous rampage. Yes, Virginia, humans really can be that stupid.
The correct response is "I"ll show up as soon as you show me a duly constituted Warrant, supported by oath or affirmation, and signed by a judge or magistrate. Until then, piss off rent-a-cop."
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Corrected statement.
Professor Anderson wants you to know that only the first option is acceptable in her world.
<making students feel scared and uncomfortable.
I thought one of the purposes of going to college was to make you scared and uncomfortable. You’re supposed to get out of your comfort zone, you’re supposed to think about things you haven’t thought about before, meet people with different ideas.
Let me just go on record now by saying I hate weak liberals and weak liberal women. Some kid in her class just talks about having a weapon and she gets scared? Jebus. What’s she going to do when confronted by a real danger - complain to someone that she got scared? I bet none of the students complained, either. I bet it was all her own liberal neuroses coming to the fore.
She called CC5-0...ROFL.
Unbelievable.
Many, many years ago, an old friend, engineering school classmate and fraternity pledge brother, after we left undergraduate school, went to Hopkins to get his Ph.D. in physics, ultimately becoming a world-renowned professor, working out of the faculty at Cornell. His father was a section foreman on the C & NW and head of his union shop and he had been raised in a very practical, construction and repair oriented household.
The first time I went to visit him after he started his graduate work at Hopkins he was busy with a screwdriver fixing some equipment in the lab.
He remarked that all the troubleshooting and repair fell to him since he seemed to be the only one in the program who knew how to use a screwdriver.
>> He also touched on the controversial idea of free gun zones on college campuses.
> Cool! Are these zones where you can get free guns? Sweet!
Gun free zones are places where criminals can fee safe. They know that nobody will return fire there.
“Why do we support giving more and more of this education to more and more people?”
“If we send our children to Caesar we shouldn’t be surprised when they return to us Romans.”
“So making someone feel uncomfortable is an offense punishable by the police now?”
Like hate crimes? Thought police... they read the conservatives intentions.
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