Letter to Perry

[RPB]

"a citizen vigilante force"

Oh man, that one is just TOO much...I did some rough numbers math recently. I admit they are not accurate; indeed, I know rounded things off larger than they actually are for the sake of an argument (brought on by some folks I know). I calculated that there are very likely less than 10,000 people spread over ALL the public college level institutions in this state that MAY CARRY, not WILL CARRY for certain...even if folks wanted to do some sort of "a citizen vigilante force", they sure ain't going to be able to muster up much of one in any given location...what a ridiculous statement to make. It (almost) makes the rest of them sound reasonable...almost.

(BTW, anyone who wants to correct my math, feel free...like I said, I know I exaggerated things for the sake of an argument and was more generous for the other side than things are in reality.)

[PeteCamp]

What you guys in Austin need is a Texas A&M.

[wheelgun1958]

I liked one answer on some college paper's site a guy left ...


"When the police finally arrive after it's all over like they always do, the guy on the floor bleeding that all the students are kicking is the bad guy, and all the CHLs have re-holstered their guns since there's no reason to have them out after the threat is over. It won't be hard to tell us apart, our guns will be concealed, his will be over in a corner far away from him."

He just walked in and shot himself officer.

[3dfxMM]

"a citizen vigilante force"

Oh man, that one is just TOO much...I did some rough numbers math recently. I admit they are not accurate; indeed, I know rounded things off larger than they actually are for the sake of an argument (brought on by some folks I know). I calculated that there are very likely less than 10,000 people spread over ALL the public college level institutions in this state that MAY CARRY, not WILL CARRY for certain...even if folks wanted to do some sort of "a citizen vigilante force", they sure ain't going to be able to muster up much of one in any given location...what a ridiculous statement to make. It (almost) makes the rest of them sound reasonable...almost.

(BTW, anyone who wants to correct my math, feel free...like I said, I know I exaggerated things for the sake of an argument and was more generous for the other side than things are in reality.)

I wouldn't mind seeing how you got to that number. UT alone has 11,000 graduate students and 24,000 staff/faculty. A&M probably has similar numbers, perhaps a bit lower. That is just two schools and doesn't include the number of undergraduate students that would be old enough. I realize that there are other factors that go into being able to carry, but the number of people on Texas college campuses that are old enough to be eligible is fairly large.

[RPB]

Yes, but out of all the people in Austin, as a population, the number of Austinites in College interested in getting a CHL might be smaller, so it could be a smaller percentage of the Austin area colleges populations, than say West Texas colleges group of persons interested in getting a CHL since they grew up with guns, asn are West Texas college populations, populations ... percentage-wise, If that makes sense ... if not, it's because I'm tired and forgot what I mean to say so I just said something anyway which may or may not make any sense at all. And if it does, may not be relevant to this anyway.

[VoiceofReason]

I liked one answer on some college paper's site a guy left ...


"When the police finally arrive after it's all over like they always do, the guy on the floor bleeding that all the students are kicking is the bad guy, and all the CHLs have re-holstered their guns since there's no reason to have them out after the threat is over. It won't be hard to tell us apart, our guns will be concealed, his will be over in a corner far away from him."

He just walked in and shot himself officer.

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[jcarp02]

What you guys in Austin need is a Texas A&M.