Now, on one hand, I agree with this. The idea of trained and qualified gun owners - people who use their weapons for something more than a conversation piece - being mixed in with the innocents who would otherwise be targets for the shooters, is appealing.
After all, guess what: if you fly on domestic American airlines on major routes, chances are you are sharing that airspace with people sitting there with a concealed weapon. They're called air marshals and are there to ensure that flights aren't high-jacked by loons. If someone stands up mid-flight and starts threatening to blow the plane to Kingdom Come, those marshals (usually in pairs separated across the seating area) are supposed to stand up and take that shooter or bomber out before he can act. There are two for redundancy. One might be killed or wounded and the other becomes the fail-safe. In theory. I've never heard of a case where it's happened, but I know they're there.
The deal with that though is that those people are trained. They had to qualify for the job by showing proficient handling of their weapon in order to be entrusted as a wolf among the sheeple.
It's the same concept on the university campus, except they're not requiring these students or staff who might carry their licensed weapon to show proficiency in using it. What is amusing though is that there's a contradiction in what was said and what the policy actually contains. But I'm sure that it's going to get straightened out when one of those edumacated people on the university board spots that contradiction.
Students are encouraged to carry their weapons, but they're not allowed to carry them in class or the dorms. Hmm. Is this a version of the infamous "don't ask, don't tell" policy of the 1990's? Do it but don't tell me about it? Maybe.
So the talking heads on all the news stations are throwing their hands up in terror, crying "foul"! It's become political in that Hilliary Clinton and all sorts of other left-wing pols are talking about what a bad idea this is, as if it's unique. But it's not.
No, really, it's not. Here's a list of other universities that allow students and staff to have weapons (and the pols and talking heads aren't talking about these):
Examples of other institutions permitting students and others to have concealed weapons with state permit and/or campus police permission:
Colorado
- UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
- COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
- Aims Community College
- Arapahoe Community College
- Colorado Northwestern Community College
- Community College of Aurora
- Community College of Denver
- Front Range Community College
- Lamar Community College
- Morgan Community College
- Northeastern Junior College
- Otero Junior College
- Pikes Peak Community College
- Pueblo Community College
- Red Rocks Community College
- Trinidad State Junior College
- Michigan State University*
- University of MISSISSIPPI
- University of Utah
- Utah State University
- Southern Utah University
- Utah Valley University
- Weber State University
- Dixie State College of Utah
- College of Eastern Utah
- Snow College
- Salt Lake Community College
Otherwise, the above list is "lifted" straight from here:
http://www.liberty.edu/administration/lupd/index.cfm?PID=4153
Interesting reading, huh?
A key point is that the individual must have a concealed carry permit allowing them to carry their weapon concealed - out of plain view. Meaning they can carry it in a backpack or book bag, in a holster on their belt or under their arm, or via some other concealed means.
So, while the left runs in circles crying in fear the people who have concealed carry permits will go about their business.
An interesting question this raises for me is: How long will it take for people who are frightened by the mere thought of a gun to become curious? If these people start seeing other people carrying their weapons and seeing that these other people aren't doing anyone any harm, how long will it take for them to stop thinking emotionally and start thinking rationally? After all, "what if" is a good question to ask because it raises other points.
What if two or three of the people in the room at the San Bernardino building that was shot up last week had been armed? What if they had acted? What if one of the shooters had been taken out almost as soon as they fired off the first round? What if they had been confronted, right out of the gate by two or three armed "sheeple"?
It probably wouldn't have ended as it did. With one down and one to go, I'd bet that second shooter wouldn't have waited around to see what happened next. Once the cohort was on the ground, wounded or dead, the first shooter would either have dropped their weapon or turned tail and run. Yes, it's possible they would have turned and fired at the individual thought to be responsible for taking out the cohort, but that would provide a clear shot for the other wolves amongst the herd and perp two might well be taken out.
Instead of fourteen dead plus the two shooters, maybe it would have been five or seven dead plus the two shooters. It's still a horrific death toll, but much better for the families who might have gotten their loved ones back upright and whole instead of lying flat in a box.
I just hope that this idea spreads. Along with the requirement and expectation that if you are going to carry your weapon - open or concealed - that you will undergo hands-on training by a certified instructor. I would also like to see a requirement that anyone who wants to carry must take regularly scheduled refresher courses and pass them, and complete a minimum number of hours each year on a licensed firing range.
No matter. This is not something that's going to be resolved soon or easily. With every shooting people get righteously knotted and start screaming to ban weapons. The problem is that the bans and restrictions don't work. Another problem is that without the wolf descendants (sheep dogs) mixed in, the herd (the sheeple) is less protected and the wolves have an easier time of it. They know they won't be challenged and go in with confidence - making their assault easier.
Be safe, watch your back, and think about it.
Best~
Philippa
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