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CitizenClark:

--- Quote from: newfalguy101 on August 03, 2014, 06:33:21 PM ---While I see the merits of allowing RESPONSIBLE college students to carry, lets be honest for a minute shall wee, the VAST majority of college KIDS ( that's what they are, really are kids ) are away from home for the first time and tend to do stupid things, including but not limited to:  drinking, fighting, and "hooking up"............adding firearms to that mix, to my way of thinking could very easily lead to disaster.

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If they mostly don't have the capacity to possess and use a firearm, what do you think about their being able to potentially sacrifice their lives by entering the military? What do you think about them being legal to vote?

farmerbob:
Since when is a 21 year old with a CHP a kid?

As far as I know in states that have campus carry, it has been a positive thing, the shootings to settle arguments and heavy drinking while packing never happened. Go figure the college kids (adults) with a CHP are responsible trustworthy adults much like others that take time to get trained, fingerprinted and get their CHP.

I think campus carry could be a lifesaver, unless you think cowering in the fetal position is effective.

ILoveCats:
Setting aside the issue of on-campus carry for a moment, realize that 99.9% of the risk will be mitigated by the behavior, "street smarts" and situational awareness of your daughter.

Will she be part of the "greek" system or in a dormitory? Don't know what school she's going to, but during my day here I was highly unimpressed with the fraternity and sorority scene, and a lot of the under-age alcohol abuse seemed to be centered there.

The kid that is spending her evenings studying with friends, playing intramural sports, or at a Campus Crusade for Christ meeting is not the one who's going to run into trouble. The one who's at some house party is.

wallace11bravo:

--- Quote from: newfalguy101 on August 03, 2014, 06:33:21 PM ---While I see the merits of allowing RESPONSIBLE college students to carry, lets be honest for a minute shall wee, the VAST majority of college KIDS ( that's what they are, really are kids ) are away from home for the first time and tend to do stupid things, including but not limited to:  drinking, fighting, and "hooking up"............adding firearms to that mix, to my way of thinking could very easily lead to disaster.

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While I see the merits of allowing RESPONSIBLE Americans to carry, lets be honest for a minute shall wee, the VAST majority of Americans are irresponsible peasants who engage in such things as drinking, drugs, fisticuffs, NASCAR, promiscuous sex, and other such poor decisions..... adding firearms to that mix, to my way of thinking, could very easily lead to disaster.

OR let's try a different, more specific type of discrimination, since that is more applicable:

While I see the merits of allowing RESPONSIBLE African-Americans to carry, lets be honest for a minute shall wee, the VAST majority of African-Americans are irresponsible gangbangers who engage in such things as drinking, drugs, fighting, gangs, theft, vandalism, and other such poor decisions..... adding firearms to that mix, to my way of thinking, could very easily lead to disaster.

Yes, that's right, I went there. I am not a college student anymore, but that line of reasoning, based on fear mongering, is exactly the same line of thought used to discriminate against EVERY minority group, including college kids. Your rights should not be subject to my opinion, and my rights should not be subject to yours.

Campus carry is legal in several states, and the same "blood in the streets" arguments used against concealed carry as a whole were thrown around about campus carry... and guess what: it never happened. Feel free to reference this link for statistics, case examples, and more:
http://concealedcampus.org/resources/

SemperFiGuy:
Now--according to a very timely article in the Omaha WH--it turns out that the Nebraska colleges have been under-reporting campus sexual assaults.

See today (above the fold):
NEBRASKA COLLEGES SEEK MORE REPORTS
Current Figures Don't Reflect Reality.

Article sez the low numbers of reported campus sexual assaults (18/140,000 students) is not true.

Gives some stories on what the various Nebraska campuses are going to do to change their reporting methods, get affected students to come forward, and tell a truer story of the campus sexual assault situation.   (Which was something never even heard of when I was an undergraduate.)

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