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SemperFiGuy:
What this Nebraska university system needs is a....................
Really Good Varsity Pistol Team!!!!!!!!!
We could be First in the Big Ten.
And some good courses like:
GLOCK 1010 - Introduction to Glockery
RELO 0099 - Remedial Reloading
RELO 1200 - Shotshell Reloading for Trapshooters
TACT 8980 - Advanced Tactical Shooting Techniques
TACT 8999 - Really, Really Advanced Tactical Shooting Techniques
We could have a College of Gunnery, with some cool laboratories in Grand Island at the range.
Maybe Warren Buffet could provide some grant seed monies to kickstart this concept.
[Just some thoughts while I'm home waiting for this broken hip to knit back together. People think shooting is dangerous???? Just try road biking on the Keystone Trail.]
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NE Bull:
Ima liking the way your thinkin there SFG.
But isn't that first class a bit discriminatory? :(
I mean you at least need a course: COLT 1911 - Firearms in History 8)
DaveB:
Some people don't think that at 18 college kids are responsible enough to have guns for protection, yet they feel they are well mature enough to die for our freedom. Of course the military gives some minimal training, why can't the education system do the same if the student feels the need and responsibility?
Enforce the laws on the books, require training for campuses, and go on with life. I'll bet that most kids in school would mature even faster with the responsibility of gun ownership.
SemperFiGuy:
NE Bull.............
The courses shown above are only sampler courses. Only the tiniest tip of the spear, er-- spire[point].
The entire curriculum should have Something for Everybody: Colts of all vintages. S&Ws. Maybe a dual major in Remingtons and Winchesters. A Master's Degree in Three Gun. Complete history of the Springfield XD.
Maybe DanW would fund an entire building devoted to Trapshooting, with an indoor trap range.
And wouldn't we all just love all the labs!!!!!!!
I'm gonna put this idea before the UNL Faculty Senate right away.
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CitizenClark:
--- Quote from: bradkoll on November 29, 2011, 10:39:21 AM ---I may be able to have an input on this considering I am a student at UNL, and actually looking to transfer to UNO next year... I have been on the fence with this topic for 2 reasons.
1. Drunk "kids" and firearms is a no no.
2. Some "kids" aren't responsible enough to store it properly and that could very well lead to theft.
I lived in a fraternity just off of east campus, and technically it was university property but my house was in a secluded neighborhood so we tended to have a little more freedom. Lots of farm kids in it and when hunting season rolls around there are all kinds of rifles and shotguns stashed in the house out of plain sight. And living in a fraternity you see how much people can really drink and since these kids all grew up with guns there has never been an incident where they did anything with a gun while intoxicated because they know how to use them. However there are "kids" like me who were never brought up with guns who go to college and want to start buying guns. I owned a few guns while living in the fraternity and even began reloading my own ammo there (until some liberal thought it was dangerous and I had to stop). However most of us who had guns had them stashed in a closet somewhere not very secure, so the chance of a mishap is more likely.
Some of us young folk can be responsible with guns but the kid who has no friends in college could be the next loon to go off the deep end and start shooting people. I love the idea of concealed carry on campus, my chemistry tests are at night and when I'm walking across campus to my car I would feel more comfortable if I could carry (when I turn 21 in March). Seeing people on campus in my age demographic makes me feel that a large majority of 18 year olds wouldn't be responsible enough to carry anyways. Plus there is the problem of not being old enough to buy a handgun at 18. I support carrying on campus but if it were to come about the people who do it should have to take a course on how to properly store a gun and have pretty heavy consequences if not done so properly. Granted the majority of 21 year olds not in a sorority or a fraternity don't live on campus anyways.
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Freedom is dangerous. I still prefer it to the nanny state.
--- Quote ---I will probably get some heat along the lines of, "if they have to have it locked in a safe secured in a night stand how can they get to it fast to defend themselves against a robbery". That risk is not as high as some drunk minor with no experience with guns seeing an unsecured firearm and trying to show it off.
In conclusion, I support carry on campus for those qualified to do so with proper training through the university and/or police department on proper gun storage. There are booths around UNL that you can hit a button at if you feel nervous about someone loitering around but that would only bring an unarmed security guard to your help a few minutes later, I would feel better knowing I can better defend myself.
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I support legal campus carry for everyone. If you have some kid go off Virginia Tech style, the fact that campus carry is illegal won't stop that. A murderer is a law-breaker by definition. If you have legal campus carry, though, that means that your psychopath is more likely to encounter potential victims who have the means to defend themselves.
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