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Campus bans guns, tells people to nod at attackers
dailycaller.com ^ | 6-6-2013 | Robby Soave

Posted on 06/06/2013 7:14:14 PM PDT by servo1969

In lieu of guns, people who find themselves in dangerous situations at or near the University of Arkansas should defend themselves by glancing and nodding, said a university safety expert.

Earlier this year, the Arkansas legislature approved a concealed carry law, but gave school administrators permission to override the law and ban guns on campuses. Most Arkansas universities, including the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University, opted to prohibit concealed carry, according to The College Fix.

But disarmed faculty and staff members are vulnerable to attack when traveling to and from campus, according to a chain of emails sent between UA staff members, one of whom was assaulted by three teenagers on his way to class.

“I had not gone very far before I was attacked from behind by two of them and received a number of blows to the back of my head,” wrote the faculty member, a UA professor of biology, in an e-mail. “Given the proximity to this campus and the fact that a number of our students, faculty and staff walk through this very same area on both a daily and nightly basis I felt it prudent to share this info with you and to advise you to be on your guard while in the vicinity.”

Another faculty remember responded to the email saying that a student had been attacked in the same area.

Sharon Houlette, a detective with the UA Department of Public Safety, responded to the thread with advice for avoiding being attacked, which included a suggestion to “glance or nod” at possible attackers.

“A glance or a nod will help you show anyone who might think that you are not paying attention, and you are aware of their presence,” she wrote.

She also suggested parking on campus and using the trolley system, and offered to host a crime prevention workshop.

But Nic Horton, editor of The Arkansas Project, had a different suggestion for keeping safe on campus.

“If you must step foot on a college campus, choose one that respects your 2nd Amendment rights,” he wrote.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Arkansas
KEYWORDS: arkansas; banglist; college; democrats; guncontrol; liberalfascism; liberalism; nod; secondamendment
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1 posted on 06/06/2013 7:14:15 PM PDT by servo1969
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To: servo1969

I’d suggest they put their heads between their legs and smooch their posterior goodbye... ok, not as to suggest anything obscene, but nodding? WHO COMES UP WITH THESE COCKAMAMIE IDEAS?


2 posted on 06/06/2013 7:16:40 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Whatever promise that God has made, in Jesus it is yes. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Who? Liberals believe that if you just show that you are harmless enough, the criminals will be satisfies with merely robbing and assaulting you.


3 posted on 06/06/2013 7:20:39 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every liberal and WOD defender is a totalitarian screaming to get out.)
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To: servo1969

Whatever happened to peeing on yourself? I just can’t keep up with all these new strategies for stopping attackers.


4 posted on 06/06/2013 7:24:36 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: servo1969
what's next, throw your purse/wallet at them and run away run away run away??
5 posted on 06/06/2013 7:25:12 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: servo1969

What happened to all those “Free Zones”? Can’t you run to those to be safe?


6 posted on 06/06/2013 7:26:10 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: Chode

That’s what I guess they will suggest next, like maybe “carry an extra wallet to toss” or sumfin. (A little more difficult to throw a false purse.)


7 posted on 06/06/2013 7:26:14 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Whatever promise that God has made, in Jesus it is yes. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
there better be some money in it if you do, or they'll prolly beat you to death for sure for trying to trick them
8 posted on 06/06/2013 7:34:03 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: servo1969

[[In lieu of guns, people who find themselves in dangerous situations at or near the University of Arkansas should defend themselves by glancing and nodding, ]]

Perhaps tyhe university students shoudl becoem perpetrators themselves and specifically attack thsoe idiots that said that- see how they like following htier own advice in dangerous situations-

The students shoudl ALL band together, arm themsleves and in no uncertain terms tell the buttheads makign htose asinien statements “Are you peopel freakin kidding us? Tell ya what-
You nod your own damn heads to your hearts contentm, as for us, We’;ll shoot the pricks who attack us between the eyes you friggin idiots”


9 posted on 06/06/2013 7:35:58 PM PDT by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: SkyDancer

[[What happened to all those “Free Zones”? Can’t you run to those to be safe?]]

Suire you can but they wreak of urine


10 posted on 06/06/2013 7:36:54 PM PDT by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: servo1969

This is a genuine safety issue for the staff. Here is where collective bargaining actually makes sense for public employees.


11 posted on 06/06/2013 7:39:19 PM PDT by rwilson99 (Please tell me how the words "shall not perish and have everlasting life" would NOT apply to Mary.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

“offered to host a crime prevention workshop.”

And teach the theoretical strategies currently proposed by the “experts” including non-judgmental defensive nodding.


12 posted on 06/06/2013 7:40:14 PM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: servo1969
Sharon Houlette, a detective with the UA Department of Public Safety, responded to the thread with advice for avoiding being attacked, which included a suggestion to “glance or nod” at possible attackers.

I wonder which movie she saw this in.

13 posted on 06/06/2013 7:44:44 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you think ObamaCare is a train wreck, wait until you see the amnesty bill.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
My sister-in-law for years has said she is a Quaker and doesn't believe in violence and an attacker would sense that and not hurt her.

These days, she knows I have several firearms and now says it is okay if I kill someone who wants to attack her but she will not use the gun herself.

She is the worst lib I have ever known. She is to the left of Stalin. And, it's okay for me to save her life - well, swell.

14 posted on 06/06/2013 7:48:10 PM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.)
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To: Marcella

If she doesn’t believe her own life is worth fighting for, then she has no value for other lives. If she was attacked, I would not lift a hand to help her.


15 posted on 06/06/2013 7:55:00 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every liberal and WOD defender is a totalitarian screaming to get out.)
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To: servo1969

Several board members at the University of Arkansas also suggested:

People should applaud attackers.


16 posted on 06/06/2013 7:57:50 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

 ”That’s what I guess they will suggest next, like maybe “carry an extra wallet to toss” or sumfin. (A little more difficult to throw a false purse.)”

You may be onto something there: Grenade in purse. Pull pin. Throw purse to mugger (a few loose bills fluttering from purse for bait might help). Run like Hell.


17 posted on 06/06/2013 8:00:40 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: servo1969

I don’t think that a “wink and a nod” will deter a rapist. A good .38 will, re the picture.

I think the Un. of Arkansas Security Dept should get a new detective, one who knows what they are doing.

Stupid, stupid, stupid!


18 posted on 06/06/2013 8:02:58 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: servo1969
...said a university safety expert.

Clearly, he is not.

19 posted on 06/06/2013 8:07:07 PM PDT by NJRighty ("It's sick out there and getting sicker" - Bob Grant)
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To: ElkGroveDan
“Whatever happened to peeing on yourself? I just can’t keep up with all these new strategies for stopping attackers”

It was replaced with vomiting. No joke, the Illinois State Police were giving this advice at one point.

20 posted on 06/06/2013 8:08:35 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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