Students can now carry guns on college campuses in Texas!

Ralphy1

Ralphy1

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This seems crazy to me but I guess it is a sign of the times, and a very disturbing one for the country...
 

It's a good move... because it theoretically should stop psycho's from thinking of campuses as 'soft targets'.

Would I carry? Nah... I'd use my money for other stuff if I were back in college.
 

College officials in Texas are concerned about enrollment fall off...
 
July 1, 2017 is when college students in Kansas will be able to carry firearms. Jilted lovers... students upset with teachers over a failing grade... guns and alcohol... guns and drugs... this is a mix that is a lighted fuse burning towards more and more homicides. But, the more fear and negative news... the more firearms are sold and the more profits the gun manufacturers add to their bottom lines. Sad....
 
Grumpy Ol' Man said:
July 1, 2017 is when college students in Kansas will be able to carry firearms. Jilted lovers... students upset with teachers over a failing grade... guns and alcohol... guns and drugs... this is a mix that is a lighted fuse burning towards more and more homicides. But, the more fear and negative news... the more firearms are sold and the more profits the gun manufacturers add to their bottom lines. Sad....
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Yes, very sad, I think the Dallas shooting event exposed what havoc 'open carry' causes as the police reported after it was over.
 
Jackie22 said:
Yes, very sad, I think the Dallas shooting event exposed what havoc 'open carry' causes as the police reported after it was over.
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It's not the "open carry" that does it, it's the hate and some people's idea that they have the right to control other people's behavior (I mean the shooter's thinking he has the right to avenge or stop behavior [like homosexuality, for instance] that the shooter takes issue with). It's the crazy behind the gun, not the gun itself.
 
[h=1]Dallas Mayor Calls Bullsh*t On Open Carry: It Didn’t Help During Shooting, And Made Things Worse[/h]http://www.ifyouonlynews.com/politi...p-during-shooting-and-made-things-much-worse/

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings (D) stood next to Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) and dropped an extremely uncomfortable reality check: Open Carry, the movement pushed with near-fanatical obsession by Texas Republicans, not only did nothing to help stop the mass shooting of police officers in Dallas, but it actually made the situation far worse. Open Carry had an opportunity to justify its existence – and it failed on every conceivable level.

For Rawlings, examining the aftermath of the shooting made it clear that having dozens of scared civilians clinging to assault-style weapons during a mass shooting was a recipe for disaster. The “good guys with guns” didn’t suddenly become action heroes bravely stopping a heavily-armed lunatic. They acted like any of us would: When the shooting started, they scattered in every direction in terror of their lives. Only unlike others, these fleeing victims were strapped with weapons that sowed confusion. Any of them could have been a shooter attempting to blend in. At a moment when cops were being targeted by a sniper, officers had to track down these “innocent” gunmen just to make sure they weren’t one of the bad guys.

As Rawlings explained:

It’s logical to say that in a shooting situation, open carry can be detrimental to the safety of individuals.

Here’s how bad the situation became in Dallas during the shooting:

Rawlings said Dallas police Chief David Brown told him that people running through the shooting scene with rifles and body armor required officers to track them down and bring them to the police department. Whether that was time that could have been spent trying to find and stop the shooter is something police will have to comment on, Rawlings said.

In other words, the exact reason gun rights activists often give to justify “guns everywhere” bills is false. They don’t keep people safe, they put people’s lives at risk by causing chaos.

A major in the Dallas police department was equally furious about the danger Open Carriers put the rest of the population in. Maj. Max Geron pointed out that the police scanner was filled with chatter of confused officers desperately trying to figure out who was a bad guy and who was an Open Carry supporter while calls of “officer down” continued to ring out.

/Snip. More at link.
 

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