Texas poised to become 2nd state allowing concealed handguns on university campuses

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Originally Posted by henners88

My brother used to have a gun in his hands when he patrolled past a school in Northern Ireland, does that count? ;)

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Did he learn something?

Gaddafi opens up the weapons depots to the people and tells them to arm themselves:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12576427

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He was shown speaking from the old city ramparts and urging the crowd to arm themselves and defend the nation and its oil against anti-government protesters who have taken control of large parts of the country.

"This is the people that brought Italy to its knees," he said, referring to the overthrow of Libya's colonial rulers. "I am amid the masses, and we shall fight, and we shall defeat them.

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I hope he has enough arms for everybody. Yes, power to the people.

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

Not sure, but I bet the over/under is set at Virginia Tech...You remember the Virginia Tech incident don't ya? That was when the ban of students possessing weapons on campus stop the wack job from killing 32 law abiding, gun control law protected people!

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And had students been allowing to carry concealed handguns on university campuses then Seung-Hui Cho would have been perfectly allowed by law to have his guns on campus in the first place.

I take it that you approve of that?

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Originally Posted by schmenke

Am I the only one who feels that the possession of firearms in a learning institute is somewhat of a contradiction? I’m sure I’ll get much rebuttal for saying this, but I can’t help but feel that firearms possession is the antithesis of education :mark: .

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nope, maybe some people should be taught about guns in a formal education setting. Might make them realize it is a tool, just like a chain saw is or anything else.....

We don't need guns on campus unless of course someone brings one there bent on doing something evil with a gun. Then you hope someone sane has one.....

Not a big fan of the idea myself Schmenke, but guns are part of American society traditionally and will be 200 years from now. If everyone else has one, it would behoove one to maybe understand more about how they can be part of society and your life. In Canada, we don't have people with handguns save the cops and the crooks. Look how well THAT works in Toronto every summer....

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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

nope, maybe some people should be taught about guns in a formal education setting. Might make them realize it is a tool, just like a chain saw is or anything else.....

We don't need guns on campus unless of course someone brings one there bent on doing something evil with a gun. Then you hope someone sane has one.....

Not a big fan of the idea myself Schmenke, but guns are part of American society traditionally and will be 200 years from now. If everyone else has one, it would behoove one to maybe understand more about how they can be part of society and your life. In Canada, we don't have people with handguns save the cops and the crooks. Look how well THAT works in Toronto every summer....

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But do you believe that a situation where everybody, including the insane and the hotheads, has guns is safer than if as few as possible, including as few insane and hotheaded people as possible, have guns?

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Originally Posted by henners88

Not everyone in Northern Ireland is a terrorist maybe?

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Then it counts as educational.

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Originally Posted by Rollo

And had students been allowing to carry concealed handguns on university campuses then Seung-Hui Cho would have been perfectly allowed by law to have his guns on campus in the first place.

I take it that you approve of that?

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Actually Yes.

The law against having a concealed weapon on campus did nothing to stop him so why violate the basic human right of law abiding citizens with a law to is 100% ineffective?

Also if concealed weapons were allowed there was a chance that a law abiding student could have stopped him before the body count hit 32.

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Originally Posted by Eki

But do you believe that a situation where everybody, including the insane and the hotheads, has guns is safer than if as few as possible, including as few insane and hotheaded people as possible, have guns?

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I don't really care what is safer....it is immaterial. The right to posses a gun is a inalienable human right....not to be denied.

You could claim that you would be safer if you banned certain kind of speech but it wouldn't matter in a true free society where freedom of speech is sacrosanct.

You could ban cars and we would be safe from traffic injuries.
You could ban planes and we would be safe from Plane crashes.

The fact is Gun Ownership is a right. Those who want to take guns away want to violate my rights. Shame on you.

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Originally Posted by anthonyvop

You could ban cars and we would be safe from traffic injuries.
You could ban planes and we would be safe from Plane crashes.

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You would probably let anyone drive and fly without a license and training regardless of age, blood alcohol and disabilities (like 10 year old drunken blind kids strapped with explosives (shouldn't they be free to do so?)), and remove any airport security measures. After all, security doesn't mean anything to you. Do you approve any limits of freedom on anything for any reason, or is freedom the only thing that matters to you? The prisoners in Guantanamo Bay are not free, would you like them to be liberated?

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Originally Posted by henners88

'taffy rapists'

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:eek: don't bleet whatever you do ! :uhoh: :s ailor: :dozey: :p