[goodnesswins]

Yeah, right, like the secret service is going to protect us.....I'll say it again.....I never feel as "at risk" as I do when I enter my grandson's grade school to volunteer, and it has the sign "No gun zone"........

[RetiredNavy]

Ya forgot the puke alert!!!

[spqrzilla9]

Typical of the lies of the anti-gun crowd. Banning concealed weapon permit holders from bringing guns to school doesn't make the school safer, but rather more dangerous as it creates a "defense-free" zone for criminals.

[jdege]

"While officials at Utah universities try to maintain a reasonable ban on guns on campuses"

What's so reasonable about it?

Do they think society is better served by making people leave their guns in the car?

[vbmoneyspender]

Anyone wanna take a guess at which city has a higher crime rate, Seattle or Salt Lake City?

[Lumberjack]

See, what everybody fails to realize is that if we all leave our guns at home, all the time, we'll all be much safer. Criminals don't want to strike at unarmed victims,there's no challenge, right? No, they want armed victims, because there is such a sense of honor and combat spirit in the criminal world.

What a bunch of dorks. How will disarming a huge population at an event guaranteed to raise a terrorist's eyebrows guarantee their safety? Oh, that's right, we can't be trusted to defend ourselves. We can be trusted to elect Congressmen and Presidents, but we can't be trusted to defend ourselves. Prigs.

[Seruzawa]

What an idiot article. I live near SLC. Total misprepresentation.

It's the anti-gunners who have been trying to attack the concealed carry rights by creating special exemption zones for the Olympic venues (that somehow will never go away.)

Schools already have the right to ban concealed carry on their property in Utah, as can any other land-owning entity.

[TheDon]

The author uses one of the most used techniques of the anti-self defense crowd, ignoring the distinction between law abiding citizens and criminals. Many readers of such propaganda do not realize the trick being played and fall for the arguments made by the author.

[dhuffman@awod.com]

Reply to The Seattle times including opinion@seattletimes.com

The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.

[Straight Vermonter]

People with concealed-weapons permits have followed the rules. But their rights should not overwhelm the potential health and safety of students and professors, nor should they interfere with wider security concerns at the winter games.

or it could read like this
People in the media have followed the rules. But their rights should not overwhelm the potential health and safety of students and professors, nor should they interfere with wider security concerns at the winter games. A ban on free speech in these places is clearly warranted.

[tracer]

I have a brother-in-law in Utah who was called by the bishop of his LDS ward to serve as "concealed weapons coordinator."

(just kidding)

[Logophile]

Seven of nine public colleges and universities have banned guns on their campuses for sane, rational reasons. What is the mission of an institution of higher learning if not to provide a safe educational environment for students?

What about a safe environment for faculty? One of my students (from an Arab country) threatened to kill me and another professor because we had given him bad grades. The university administration decided not to do anything unless the student repeated his threats.

I have since purchased a .40-caliber Glock pistol. From now on, I will provide for my own safe educational environment.

[aomagrat]

[jackliberty]

Former Sen. Jake Garn, a Republican and university trustee, says classrooms should be havens for learning, not a potential firing range.

Alan Keyes mentioned last night that the latest school shooting (PA law school ?) was stopped when 2 students ran to their cars, got their guns and disarmed the shooter. If they had been "allowed" guns on campus, maybe there would have been only one victim, or none.

Any Freepers in Seattle: Did the Seattle Times mention this aspect of the shooting?

[a_federalist]

People who go to the effort to get a concealed carry permit are those who know how to handle a firearm. I remember watching on TV, a witness to the Jerusalem shooting of 22 who said that there were several armed Israeli citizens near the shooter who pulled their weapons. None of them fired, though, because they could not get a clear shot.
That shows restraint and responsibility. I believe you'd find armed Americans in a situation like that would behave the same way.