Gun Control & RKBA

Straw Man

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3. I'm amused and appalled ...

Thu May 19, 2016, 02:54 PM

May 2016

... by the notion that lifting bans on campus carry somehow raises the risk of a mass shooting, as if the person who would contemplate such a heinous act would be in any way deterred by such a ban.

I'm a teacher. I shoot recreationally. I have a CCW permit, and I sometimes carry -- always within the law. I know a good number of teachers who do the same. I also know a good number of teachers who should never have gotten their credentials in the first place. The two sets do not overlap.

Just my experience, offered in contrast to Myrtle Lynn Paine's unfounded paranoia.

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Guns, Pancakes, and Ambiguity [View all] beevul May 2016 OP

It seems to me that "Myrtle" needs to stop living in fear of inanimate objects - and start jonno99 May 2016 #1

"It seems to me no person who has truly experienced the full impact of their own emotions would ever Brickbat May 2016 #2

I'm amused and appalled ... Straw Man May 2016 #3

This teacher needs to learn something about academic freedom... Eleanors38 May 2016 #4

She indeed belongs on a list, as in a list of formally employed teachers... Marengo May 2016 #5

"How can I say that I don’t want to support students who are gun enthusiasts" - Easy! DonP May 2016 #6

Would she have similar reservations sarisataka May 2016 #7

Or substitute; "... discussing her Muslim faith" for gun ownership? DonP May 2016 #9

How can someone who should be smart, be so dumb and irrational ileus May 2016 #8

The student is planning on becoming a teacher. CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #10