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of all the places NOT allowed to oc or cc which is the one place you think is most important to carry. I.e schools, parks, federal buildings, etc.
MY personal opinion is I would like to carry at my campus university.
First, think of all the places you hear in the news of someone doing a school shooting, late night assaults in the parking lot of a campus, etc. There is more of a chance of you needing a weapon to defend yourself at MOST schools or universities than some convienent store.
Secondly, if im sitting in my classroom or walking through campus to class and some crazy decides to raise hell to say the least I'm suppose to what? Run for cover in an open courtyard? Put a desk behind a WOODEN DOOR? Yell at the assaliant not to come in and do harm? Were suppose to wait at least 5 min for campus police to respond when the entire VT tragedy was over in minutes?
Thirdly, if someone wants to shoot up a school would they take the time to get a CC permit, or OC in class? NO! they would just go do it, be realistic.
Four, if your a "Cho" and you decided this world is too much and you want to take as many people as you can with you are you going to pick a place where you know there might be resistance or a place where YOU KNOW laws prevent people to defend themselfs? HELLO!?!?!?
And finally, fifth, opposers say they "don't feel comforatable" sitting and learning in class while knowing people around them are armed CC or OC. My final response is when I turn on the TV and read news reports that it seems like its an average of about once a week there is a school shooting, or someone caught before it happens, robberies on campus, serious assaults on campus, my response to you students who say you dont feel comforatable at school knowing there are people carrying weapons I say to you kind sir is "I don't feel comforatable learning in a class knowing there are so many helpless and defenseless people in one place. As a matter of fact, I often find myself distracted in class thinking 'what if it happend here and now' or 'what would I do if it was to go down' (I constantly try to prepare myself for these situtations however unlikely they are to happen specifically to me) but I then realize the answer, I could do nothing."
Make a desperate lunge at the attacker with my 3-4 inch blade knife? How does that saying go? "don't bring a knife to a gun fight?" I dont know about any other students opinions on here, but I sure as hell would feel a LOT safer knowing there are armed people around me who could have possibly held V Tech to less than a handfull instead of 30+.
Everyday I go to class I feel uncomforatable constantly looking over my shoulder, call me paranoid, but here in America it seems I have every right to be. But when I walk from my car to class, sit at my desk and listen to the teacher lecture I should not have to feel like I am playing russian roulette with my life.
What do you guys think is the most important place to carry where your forbidden by law?
of all the places NOT allowed to oc or cc which is the one place you think is most important to carry. I.e schools, parks, federal buildings, etc.
MY personal opinion is I would like to carry at my campus university.
First, think of all the places you hear in the news of someone doing a school shooting, late night assaults in the parking lot of a campus, etc. There is more of a chance of you needing a weapon to defend yourself at MOST schools or universities than some convienent store.
Secondly, if im sitting in my classroom or walking through campus to class and some crazy decides to raise hell to say the least I'm suppose to what? Run for cover in an open courtyard? Put a desk behind a WOODEN DOOR? Yell at the assaliant not to come in and do harm? Were suppose to wait at least 5 min for campus police to respond when the entire VT tragedy was over in minutes?
Thirdly, if someone wants to shoot up a school would they take the time to get a CC permit, or OC in class? NO! they would just go do it, be realistic.
Four, if your a "Cho" and you decided this world is too much and you want to take as many people as you can with you are you going to pick a place where you know there might be resistance or a place where YOU KNOW laws prevent people to defend themselfs? HELLO!?!?!?
And finally, fifth, opposers say they "don't feel comforatable" sitting and learning in class while knowing people around them are armed CC or OC. My final response is when I turn on the TV and read news reports that it seems like its an average of about once a week there is a school shooting, or someone caught before it happens, robberies on campus, serious assaults on campus, my response to you students who say you dont feel comforatable at school knowing there are people carrying weapons I say to you kind sir is "I don't feel comforatable learning in a class knowing there are so many helpless and defenseless people in one place. As a matter of fact, I often find myself distracted in class thinking 'what if it happend here and now' or 'what would I do if it was to go down' (I constantly try to prepare myself for these situtations however unlikely they are to happen specifically to me) but I then realize the answer, I could do nothing."
Make a desperate lunge at the attacker with my 3-4 inch blade knife? How does that saying go? "don't bring a knife to a gun fight?" I dont know about any other students opinions on here, but I sure as hell would feel a LOT safer knowing there are armed people around me who could have possibly held V Tech to less than a handfull instead of 30+.
Everyday I go to class I feel uncomforatable constantly looking over my shoulder, call me paranoid, but here in America it seems I have every right to be. But when I walk from my car to class, sit at my desk and listen to the teacher lecture I should not have to feel like I am playing russian roulette with my life.
What do you guys think is the most important place to carry where your forbidden by law?