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Old 03-05-2008, 10:27 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Solution to U.S. campus shootings: More guns......

Lawmaker's solution to U.S. campus shootings: More guns

"PHOENIX, Arizona: Horrified by recent campus shootings, an Arizona lawmaker has come up with a proposal in keeping with the Taurus .22-caliber pistol tucked in her purse: Get more guns on campus.

The lawmaker, State Senator Karen Johnson, has sponsored a bill, which the Arizona Senate Judiciary Committee approved last week, that would allow people with a concealed-weapons permit - limited to those 21 and older here - to carry their firearms at public colleges and universities. Concealed weapons are generally not permitted at most public establishments, including colleges.

Johnson, a Republican from Mesa, said she believed that the recent carnage at Northern Illinois University could have been prevented or limited if an armed student or professor had intercepted the gunman.

The police, she said, respond too slowly to such incidents and, besides, who better than the people staring down the barrel to take action?

She initially wanted her bill to cover all public schools, kindergarten and up, but other lawmakers convinced her it stood a better chance of passing if it were limited to higher education."

Lawmaker's solution to U.S. campus shootings: More guns - International Herald Tribune
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Old 03-05-2008, 10:59 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 03-05-2008, 11:30 PM   #3 (permalink)
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It's interesting how the campus shooting in VA that occured before the VT murders got so little press.

Guess it was because two armed students subdued the gunman
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Old 03-06-2008, 08:24 AM   #4 (permalink)
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A pistol-packen' momma....

...Arizona State Senator Karen Johnson.
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Old 03-06-2008, 08:27 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Arizona doesn't mess around when it comes to guns. My ex-wife's uncle was a gold and silver dealer and used to go to the bank with two handguns tucked in his belt. Strange sight first time I saw that, but he wasn't the exception.
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[b][u][color="Blue"]Concealed weapons are generally not permitted at most public establishments, including colleges.
Define "most". Also, open carry is legal in AZ. I didn't know that until I was at a Jack-in-the-Box in Tucson behind a patron who had a big old revolver on his hip. Definitely a strange sight for someone who grew up in MD.
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Old 03-06-2008, 10:03 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Well, NH, *less* guns hasn't been a solution. So if what you're doing isn't working, it makes sense to do something else.

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Well, NH, *less* guns hasn't been a solution. So if what you're doing isn't working, it makes sense to do something else.

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Well, NH, *less* guns hasn't been a solution. So if what you're doing isn't working, it makes sense to do something else.

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You know he cant reply back... cut and paste dosent work in a debate.
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Define "most". Also, open carry is legal in AZ. I didn't know that until I was at a Jack-in-the-Box in Tucson behind a patron who had a big old revolver on his hip. Definitely a strange sight for someone who grew up in MD.
Arizona sounds like my kind of state. Probably help my allergies too.
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