Texas set to allow guns on college campuses (generation, weapon, crimes)
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The article in the OP gives an incomplete picture. The law isn't to let anyone with a pistol bring it onto campus.
The legislation is to allow licensed gun owners with concealed carry permits to carry on college campuses. Here in Texas, an individual must be at least 21 years old, receive training on marksmanship and self-defense law, and pass an FBI background investigation in order to qualify for the permit. They're expensive, too.
Whew, am I glad to hear that. That story had me scared out of my wits for a second, considering how many people walk about the campus I live on that are a hamburger short of a Happy Meal.
Wow, talk about poor taste and dishonest hyperbole slinging. Of course don't mention that Charles Whitman was not a student and that he used a scoped hunting rifle nearly 45 years ago for his mass murder of civilians. No, as long as the liberal can fear-monger who cares about facts?!
does this law only affect public universities like UT-austin and texas A&M or is it all universities in texas....i.e. including private ones such as Rice.
Wow, talk about poor taste and dishonest hyperbole slinging. Of course don't mention that Charles Whitman was not a student and that he used a scoped hunting rifle nearly 45 years ago for his mass murder of civilians. No, as long as the liberal can fear-monger who cares about facts?!
So you endorse anyone bringing weapons on campus. Face it, as long as the mentally incompitent are allowed to buy guns crazies are gonna keep shooting innocents. My Congressperson is still recovering in Huston
So you endorse anyone bringing weapons on campus. Face it, as long as the mentally incompitent are allowed to buy guns crazies are gonna keep shooting innocents. My Congressperson is still recovering in Huston
Police have not deterred campus shooting thus far. Most students cannot carry a cop in their backpack either. Armed and capable faculty members/ CCW holders at VA tech would have saved lives, no doubt about it.
Or lost even more lives as people untrained in situations like that got all excited and started shooting the wrong people. Or got shot themselves in the confusion because others thought that anyone with a gun was "the shooter".
Or lost even more lives as people untrained in situations like that got all excited and started shooting the wrong people. Or got shot themselves in the confusion because others thought that anyone with a gun was "the shooter".
People from liberal countries (and states for that matter) sure have weird misconceptions about Americans having guns. All of you keep thinking this will materialize into a Wild West/Mexican shooting frenzy that has yet failed to materialize
So you endorse anyone bringing weapons on campus. Face it, as long as the mentally incompitent are allowed to buy guns crazies are gonna keep shooting innocents. My Congressperson is still recovering in Huston
I don't know about the laws in AZ or TX but here in MA the mentally incompetent are not allowed by law to buy guns. Please explain how a college gun ban could have prevented the Giffords shooting or any other shooting.
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