Allow ban on guns inside campus buildings to stand (barf alert)

Milwaukee J-S ^ | 15 oct 2015

[rellimpank]

The National Rifle Association and its supplicants in legislatures around the country and the U.S. Congress have a ready and facile answer for the problem of gun violence in the United States:

More guns.

If only the students inside that Oregon community college were armed when a student killed nine and injured nine others Oct. 1. If only teachers in the nation's high schools carried guns. If only carrying firearms was legal everywhere.

But it's a fantasy the firearms industry has inflated in the minds of supporters.

And it's fantastical to think that lightly trained citizens packing guns will either prevent or alter the path of a determined shooter. The greater risk is that more arms means more shootings and more deaths. And that's why a bill to allow guns inside university buildings in Wisconsin is such a bad idea.

Since 2011, concealed weapons have been legal on the grounds of public colleges and universities but schools can ban weapons inside the buildings. Rep. Jesse Kremer (R-Kewaskum) and Sen. Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg) want to repeal the University of Wisconsin System's ban. It's a response, Kremer claims, to violence near the UW-Milwaukee campus.

"Crime is on the rise around the cam

[octex]

fta... And it’s fantastical to think that lightly trained citizens packing guns will either prevent or alter the path of a determined shooter.
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The gangstas in Chicago and elsewhere seem to do quite well in being able to shoot to kill without having undergone extensive training.

[Kickass Conservative]

Well, If I was a crazy brain dead Liberal with a grudge, I’m sure a Sign would work if I was Literate. Hope it isn’t written in Cursive though, that could be a problem.

I think I’d go with Molotov Cocktails instead. Then I can blame Big Oil, Big Bottle, Big Rag and Big Matches for my Crime Spree.

[5th MEB]

“lightly trained citizens”; hhhmmm, I wonder how many of those lightly trained citizens are already graduates of multiple tours in the Sand Box?
A pretty good percentage I would bet.

[imardmd1]

Yeah. Same old groveling liberal line:

"More Guns=More Crime"

I go with Lott's proactive bumper sticker:

"More Guns=Less Crime"

Mass shooters always choose Target-Rich Environments (gun-free zones): Schools, theaters, malls, MacDonalds, etc.

I simply cannot understand why simps like these continue to cling to the passive-personality model that only invites and aggravates terroristic acts.

[trebb]

And it's fantastical to think that lightly trained citizens packing guns will either prevent or alter the path of a determined shooter. The greater risk is that more arms means more shootings and more deaths. And that's why a bill to allow guns inside university buildings in Wisconsin is such a bad idea.

Because cowering in a corner and throwing office items (tape dispensers/staplers, etc.) is so much more effective at deterring said "determined shooter" than "lightly trained" citizens packing heat....

The really scary part is that these folks don't have a clue how nuts they are......and they are walking free among us.

[rellimpank]

—me likewise on the J-
s but am using different computer—mine quit—on the road and will get a new one in a few days—