Concealed Carry Bill Aims to Protect Students’ Right to Self-Defense

[cleanhippie]

BATON ROUGE, La. – In a legislative session filled with bills to heavily alter Louisiana’s higher education system, students of public universities and colleges may soon experience one more adjustment: concealed weapons on campus.

HB 413, sponsored by Representative Ernest Wooton (I – Belle Chase), would allow licensed individuals to bring concealed firearms onto campuses of public universities, colleges, and post-secondary vocational schools. The bill was introduced to the House on April 25.

The state’s 36,000 concealed handgun permit holders would have the same self-defense rights they possess elsewhere, with a few notable exceptions. Licensed firearm carriers would be required to inform school officials of their intent to carry on campus. In addition, residence halls and sporting venues would retain their “gun-free zone” statuses.

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In response to claims that allowing guns on campus would result in a less safe learning environment, SCCC notes there is yet to be a single reported incident at the more 70 campuses that already allow concealed carry by licensed individuals.

http://www.thepelicanpost.org/2011/05/16/concealed-carry-on-campus-louisiana/

[CelticThunder]

1. Sick, sick, sick.

[cleanhippie]

2. Perhaps you should go see a doctor about that.

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[cleanhippie]

4. How nice. A well thought out and reasoned response.

[PavePusher]

5. Funny, I never saw self-defense as equal to "pro-death".

Perhaps you can explain this chain of logic in more detail?

[DonP]

6. Only if you have criminal intent

then I guess you could say CCW is "pro death"

Funny, it make you wonder about the mindset of some people if they see it that way?

[damntexdem]

7. Rather, to demean Louisiana higher education by allowing guns on campus.

Keep your fucking guns off of higher-ed campuses.

[petronius]

8. In what way is it demeaning? I have a degree from a Louisiana school,

and I can't see how the quality of my education or experience would have been impaired in the slightest if the people who were allowed to carry just off campus were allowed to carry on it...

[friendly_iconoclast]

9. If you've a cogent, non-emotional reason for your position, I'd appreciate a reply here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=118x382537

as relevant replies have been mysteriously absent so far.

Of course, that just might be because there's no good evidence that the practice is harmful.

Who knows? You could be the white knight of on-campus gun bans that comes through when no one else does!

[rl6214]

10. Just one more step towards excersising our rights

So I will carry my fucking gun where allowed by law and in Texas where I live we are going the same direction.