Posted on 05/28/2021 9:58:43 PM PDT by richardb72
For decades, gun control advocates constantly claim that Right-to-Carry laws would lead to disaster. But when disasters don’t occur they move on to the next prediction of disaster. We have to keep track of these predictions if only to judge how much weight to give to their erroneous predictions.
Montana is the latest state to let people carry concealed handguns on college campuses, and the state Board of Regents for the university system demanded an emergency stay from the state Supreme Court because “serious harm is threatened” if the law goes into effect on June 1. The Regents took a real gamble in using such apocalyptic language because the state Supreme Court didn’t grant them their stay. After the law goes into effect and there are none of their predicted problems, what happens to their case?
One wonders if left-leaning professors and college students in a state like Montana feel safe going off campus. Whether they go to a restaurant, movie theater, or grocery store, they are very likely to find themselves next to someone who is legally carrying a gun.
But seven percent of Montanans already possess concealed handgun permits, and students and faculty somehow manage to leave campus.
Gun control advocates don’t understand that criminals seek out targets where victims can’t defend themselves — that gun-free zones make targets more attractive to criminals. It is no accident that 94% of mass public shootings occur where victims are disarmed....
My undergraduate alma mater will not allow alumni to even walk the paths of the campus “out of COVID concerns”. Every entrance is guarded by “No Trespassing” signs.
The paranoia is appalling.
No donates from me!
During the Bernie Goetz trial one of the higher ups in the NYPD anonymously admitted as many as 2/3s of New Yorkers are likely carrying illegally.
"...2/3 rds of New Yorkers likely carrying illegally..."
I think it’s simple. They are A-holes who want to be A-holes without the retribution. They are punks who don’t want to get the snot beat out of them for being a jerk!
You’re a great man. I wish all alumni would follow suit. Of course there are exceptions like Grove College and of course Hillsdale. If the alumni would tell administrators to knock it off and change your ways or no money ever, things would change overnight.
It is clear the professors are interested in power and control, not safety.
It is a microcosm of their view of the world.
They claim they would feel intimidated about giving grades to students who might shoot them.
It is the same for rulers who feel intimidated by preying upon those they rule. They might get shot.
An armed citizenry helps keep those with power from believing they are invulnerable.
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