I heard about this interesting organization on the news today: Students for Concealed Carry on Campus:
http://www.concealedcampus.org/
Evidently they had some legal success recently fighting anti-gun policy at the University of Colorado:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hOnUg5iFzuQc4v7Ri7S0AT4VSAeAD9F3KTL83
If I was not broke, I would not mind buying one of these nifty t-shirts:
http://www.cafepress.com/sccc_gfz.178973314
This news struck a chord with me, not because I walk around everywhere with a 9mm tucked under my shirt, but because I am a university student, and I am sick of enduring crippling restrictions on my second amendment rights in the one place where I spend ninety percent of my workday. I am not a lawyer, but after coming on campus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, I communicated with university police, who pointed me to university policy and Alaska state law. Basically the rules came down to this (the non-technical summary): No guns on are allowed on campus, unless you are a peace officer. If you live on campus (and I do not) you can bring your guns on campus in order to turn them into campus police, who will give them back to you when you want to leave.
This is irritating because not only can I not carry a firearm around with me on campus, but I also cannot legally leave one in my car while parked at the university. For practical purposes, that basically means I cannot leave a gun in my car at all, because every day I drive (except Sunday) I spend most of the day parked at the university.
I am of the opinion that every human being has a fundamental right to self defense. That right is not granted to us by our government, but it is bestowed on us by our Creator, who made us in his image. It is as the founders described it in the Declaration of Independence:
http://www.concealedcampus.org/
Evidently they had some legal success recently fighting anti-gun policy at the University of Colorado:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hOnUg5iFzuQc4v7Ri7S0AT4VSAeAD9F3KTL83
If I was not broke, I would not mind buying one of these nifty t-shirts:
http://www.cafepress.com/sccc_gfz.178973314
This news struck a chord with me, not because I walk around everywhere with a 9mm tucked under my shirt, but because I am a university student, and I am sick of enduring crippling restrictions on my second amendment rights in the one place where I spend ninety percent of my workday. I am not a lawyer, but after coming on campus at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, I communicated with university police, who pointed me to university policy and Alaska state law. Basically the rules came down to this (the non-technical summary): No guns on are allowed on campus, unless you are a peace officer. If you live on campus (and I do not) you can bring your guns on campus in order to turn them into campus police, who will give them back to you when you want to leave.
This is irritating because not only can I not carry a firearm around with me on campus, but I also cannot legally leave one in my car while parked at the university. For practical purposes, that basically means I cannot leave a gun in my car at all, because every day I drive (except Sunday) I spend most of the day parked at the university.
I am of the opinion that every human being has a fundamental right to self defense. That right is not granted to us by our government, but it is bestowed on us by our Creator, who made us in his image. It is as the founders described it in the Declaration of Independence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.God has granted each of us the right to Life, and, by extension, the right to protect that Life from those who would try to take it away. A gun is more than just a weapon. It is a symbol, representing my willingness and my ability to defend myself against those who would seek to harm me. A citizen with a gun is not a victim, waiting helplessly for police or government to come and save him. A citizen with a gun is an obstacle standing in the way of the person who is looking for a victim.
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