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UT series of 6 articles.

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 9:53 am
by RPB
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/content ... uns-campus" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Plus, the series of 6
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/content ... rry-campus" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
By Kory Zipperer, Daily Texan Guest Columnist
Published: Monday, January 31, 2011


http://www.dailytexanonline.com/content ... aled-carry" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
An open dialogue: concealed carry
By Daily Texan Editorial Board,
Published: Thursday, February 3, 2011

Editor’s note : This is the first installment in a six-part series about legislation that would directly affect students. We have asked campus leaders, students, faculty, politicians and administrators to weigh in on this week’s topic of debate: concealed carry on campus.
The question: How would concealed carry affect campus safety?
By John Woods
Director of Students For Gun-Free Schools





To be supplemented: More links and info as they are published.

Re: UT series of 6 articles.

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:37 pm
by baldeagle
This is more than a little irritating.
If the bill passes, Wentworth said only licensed holders older than 21 years old who have completed a required class and passed a background check would be granted the additional rights.
Excuse me?

Re: UT series of 6 articles.

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:23 pm
by C-dub
I don't get it. Isn't that a true statement? What am I missing?

Re: UT series of 6 articles.

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:26 pm
by baldeagle
C-dub wrote:I don't get it. Isn't that a true statement? What am I missing?
An American citizen cannot be "granted additional rights" by the government. Our rights come from natural law and from God and cannot be granted by anyone. All that government can do is take our rights away from us through the submission of the citizenry.

Re: UT series of 6 articles.

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:55 pm
by C-dub
Ahh! Now I get it, he would have more correct to say that right would be restored.

Re: UT series of 6 articles.

Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:22 pm
by 74novaman
C-dub wrote:Ahh! Now I get it, he would have more correct to say that right would be restored.
But you're rarely hear politicians use those words because it implies the truth of the matter: We are forced to slowly restore rights that have been trampled on by our state in the past.

Re: UT series of 6 articles.

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 2:23 pm
by jcarp02
“If this≠≠ legislation passed, it would make things a little more complicated,” Weldon said. “It’s always easier to regulate something that is not a law versus something that is. It’s easier for officers to monitor if someone is breaking the law than having to check who has a license to carry on campus and who doesn’t.”

I get the impression that Weldon is not only an opponent of on-campus carry, but also does not know much about concealed carry.

Re: UT series of 6 articles.

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 5:59 pm
by RPB
:iagree:

Ignorance is only funny when it doesn't affect me

next articles are here :
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/content ... aled-carry" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The Faculty Council... Council’s resolution stresses opposition to concealed carry
By Matthew Stottlemyre, Daily Texan Staff
Published: Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Barrish also provides faculty support to the campus organization Students for Gun Free Schools,...
AND

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/content ... lf-defense" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Former Rep. advocates guns for self-defense
By Mary Ellen Knewston, Daily Texan Staff
Published: Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Former state Rep. Suzanna Gratia Hupp said to about 50 students Tuesday that ....



John Woods, the gun-free organization’s executive director, said the current policy is working, but the current problem is suicides,
rest of the story at above links

Re: UT series of 6 articles.

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 9:56 am
by Kory Zipperer
That second article you posted was the best thing I've read all year!

Re: UT series of 6 articles.

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:45 am
by The Mad Moderate
Though advocates argue that concealed carry allows for a quick response to critical situations, the reality is that it will hinder our trained UTPD from effectively managing all situation.
By that he must mean setting up a perimeter and waiting for a negotiator to show up. :banghead:

Re: UT series of 6 articles.

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:20 am
by RPB
Latest articles (and a related one)

Related:
(More signs)
University develops emergency procedure posters to be put in classrooms, offices

By Allison Harris, Daily Texan Staff
Published: Thursday, February 17, 2011
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/content ... ms-offices" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Articles
Survivors decry campus gun legislation
By William James, Daily Texan Staff
Published: Friday, February 18, 2011
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/content ... egislation" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Note: This one has an error, it lists John Woods as a "survivor'
(Well I guess he is, I mean I survived the 9/11 attacks, although my mom and Aunt both died on 9/11 ... Mom passed on 9/11/1984, my Aunt on 9/11/some other year.. I also survived the 9/11/1961 hurricane Carla when it hit Houston area)

Concealed carry bill expected to become law
82nd Legislature
By Jim Vertuno, The Associated Press
Published: Monday, February 21, 2011
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/content ... become-law" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: UT series of 6 articles.

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:59 am
by chasfm11
From the last article
Opponents of campus gun rights say students and faculty would live in fear of their classmates and colleagues, not knowing who might pull a gun over a poor grade, a broken romance or a drunken fraternity argument.
And the opponents believe that all of those things aren't possible today because????? Oh, I forgot. BGs only disregard the laws about shooting innocent people, not about carrying unlicensed guns.