If AZ Senator Jack Harper, R-Surprise, has his way, faculty members will get the chance to carry a concealed firearm on campus.
Harper says the bill would only apply to faculty members at first, rationalizing that his decision to narrow it to faculty members at first is purely political. The long-time Senator says it's best to start with a bill that you think you can get passed and then negotiate from there.
Administrators, clerical staff and even the University President would be excluded from being allowed to legally carry a concealed firearm.
Naturally, we have the usual list of suspects who claim it isn't a good idea to allow firearms on campus. They would include Northern Arizona University spokesman Lisa Nelson. Nelson makes the cliche statement of, "NAU continues to believe that a weapons-free campus constitutes a living and learning environment for a university." Pleeeeeeeeeeease, Lisa. Do you really think someone intent on committing carnage on the university is going to care about your Utopian thoughts of doves flying overhead and candy man dreams? Perhaps you believe the presence of a firearm is going to suddenly turn people into raving lunatics. Maybe your mind works in that manner. The rest of us have a normal-functioning brain.
Pima Community College Chancellor Roy Flores doesn't babble to Nelson's degree, but doesn't fair much better.
UofA spokesman Paul Allvin questions what would happen if "...someone bent on violence were to try to get that weapon [from a faculty member carrying a concealed firearm]."
Well, Pauly, we already know what happens when no one but the bad guy has a weapon, don't we. Maybe we should try it our way and see if it could possibly be any worse than being like a fish in a barrel.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
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Lisa Nelson, spokesboob for NAU, stated, "NAU continues to believe that a weapons-free campus constitutes a living and learning environment for a university." For your information, Lisa, I graduated from Columbia, an Ivy League college, where I was a member of the Rifle Team. I kept several guns in my dorm room, and even restored several older firearms in my spare time. Of course, as I mentioned, this was at Columbia, and not some low-rent rural state school where they would hire even someone as dim as you appear to be.
ReplyDeleteSo, how do you really feel, Peter?
ReplyDeleteNow, that's what I call a great post.
The child-like thinking of many adults who seem to believe that reality is optional is well known and frustrating. I've recently become curious about another explanation for this. Those who are unwilling to take any responsibility for their own well being and expect others to take care of them must denigrate our decision to accept that responsibility in order to feel good about their own lack of resolve.
ReplyDeleteHere is an update on this bill:
ReplyDeleteSB 1011, authorizing college and university faculty members, with CCW permits, to possess a concealed firearm on campus, will be heard in the Senate Public Safety and Human Services Committee on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 .