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Gun Control Reform Activism

Paladin

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5. Bad idea. It would be just like open carry of firearms.

Reply to bobalew (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 4, 2015, 03:24 PM

Nov 2015

That badge would allow for the sort of public intimidation that the open carry geeks live for. Concealed carry should be exactly that: concealed carry of firearms, based on proper training and permitting. Trust me, there is a radical difference in mindsets between concealed carry and open carry.

And that's very good advice being dispensed at Texas State: if a shooting situation develops on campus, any concealed carrier who tries to be that proverbial Good Guy With A Gun is just asking to take a bullet from law enforcement. I personally believe that college campuses should be gun free zones. If the NRA doesn't like it, so much the better.

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Texas warning to campus concealed gun carriers [View all] jimmy the one Nov 2015 OP

I knew many eccentric people in college HassleCat Nov 2015 #1

If you have a CC permit, you should dispaly a BADGE, stating so, where it can be seen bobalew Nov 2015 #2

Bad idea. It would be just like open carry of firearms. Paladin Nov 2015 #5

Most of my family Runningdawg Nov 2015 #3

they confront each other because they don’t know who the shooter is... Electric Monk Nov 2015 #4