Students form militia - New Paltz student leaders say it's to protect rights students' rights(SUNY)

Times Herald-Record ^ | May 04, 2006 | Jeremiah Horrigan

[jmaroneps37]

"including profiling"

Yeah if they profile them as liberal morons. Who else would willingly go to SUNY New Paltz?

[NRA2BFree]

When I was in College I had a CCL in Mass, in the days before the Commies took complete control, I had just been discharged from the Army, so I was somewhat older than the usual frosh.

I carried and since it wasn't illeagal at the time, I carried in school, my Psyc prof went nuts, my advisior was a retired Army Major, math Prof, thought it was fairly cool.

Those were the "good old days!" Oh, how I wish things in America were still like that. The Commies have taken over our government too! Hopefully, you still have your guns. I think we're going to be needing them in the not so distant future!

[tuvals]

Oh right, a militia on the New Paltz campus is just what the founding fathers ordered. I am going to form a militia as I don't like the way the customer service help at Home Depot and Lowe's reacts when I ask a question. That's it the HomeLowe's National Militia, Inc. I need the Inc. as I expect plenty of autograph seekers./sarcasm/

[tuvals]

Only if they know how to load and handle a shotgun which I doubt. Hey, Harry how does this Remington work. It don't shave so well! LMAO

[traviskicks]

heh heh... good for them.





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[tuvals]

New Paltz is a State University of New York college.

[jmc813]

These "students" need to be locked up and deprogramed before they hurt someone.

Who besides college students do you oppose Second Amendment rights for?

[jmc813]

Oh right, a militia on the New Paltz campus is just what the founding fathers ordered.

The founding faythers envisioned the militia as every able-bodied adult man. This group would seem to qualify.

[zeugma]

"The students admitted the term 'militia' conjured images of extreme-right hate groups..."

Wha?

That's my reaction too. When i think of 'militia', I think of the folks who founded this nation. 

[Screaming_Gerbil]

...A student militia would act as a 24-7 "watchdog group" to guard against police abuses, the student leaders say.

Are the police really that bad on campus over there?

[neverdem]

Are the police really that bad on campus over there?

I live in NYC. New Paltz is over an hour north of NYC. When I went to CCNY in the early 70's, they hired local securty guards.

[Screaming_Gerbil]

...I've heard of SHOTGUN weddings but a SHOTGUN Militia!...

Sure, why not? Eighteen year olds can buy 'em. For close in defensive use they work just great. Plus buckshot won't carry forever and go through walls quite to the degree a rifle round would. Shotguns don't don't have the stigma that an evil assault rifle like an AR or AK or an SKS would.

Also, I'll bet those muskets they used back in 1776 had about the same range as a modern shotgun.

[Screaming_Gerbil]

I live in NYC. New Paltz is over an hour north of NYC. When I went to CCNY in the early 70's, they hired local securty guards.

Now this is starting to make some sense. I'll bet that some of the private security guards were acting like A*holes with a "What you gonna do about it punk?" attitude.

So some of the students came up with a plan to say "we can protect ourselves"...

[<1/1,000,000th%]

The students admitted the term "militia" conjured images of extreme-right hate groups,...

Like in Venezuela, Cuba, and Haiti?

I thought this kid went to a school?

[Gefreiter]

Same here! I think Lexington and Concord and Valley Forge and the ancestors of the modern National Guard.

"Militia" is on its way to hate speech. Strange, strange world.

[M203M4]

Bookmarking for a record of the "true conservatives" that think something is wrong with 2A.

[JamesP81]

Oh right, a militia on the New Paltz campus is just what the founding fathers ordered.

No, what the Founding Fathers ordered was not allowing people like you to decide who can have firearms and who can't.

[Diggler]

A "near-pacifist"?? Do they drink near-beer and get nearly pregnant?

A 'near-pacifist' is a pacifist 95% of the time; the other 5% of the time they support armed conflict... like when their favorite Prez. sends troops into Bosnia.

[JamesP81]

Also, I'll bet those muskets they used back in 1776 had about the same range as a modern shotgun.

Muskets, probably so. But not the refined tool known as the Kentucky Long Rifle, a much more accurate and long ranged tool than a mere musket.

[dljordan]

""Guns won't protect our rights, but cameras will," Partington said."

Moron, never bring a camera to a gunfight. Guns are bad, mkay?