Very interesting article in the UW Daily

There's a reason why W. Washington is quoted as being full of "Gun-toting Liberals"....

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Yeah, The Daily has always been pretty left-leaning, which is no surprise, but they've also seemed reluctant to even touch the issue of guns or guns on campus. It's definitely pretty remarkable that they would publish something like this now.

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The article today, or yesterday as it's dated, was a far cry from the usual, though. I'm trying to get ahold of my bud, who still goes to UW, to try and grab a copy of that one.

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Hmm, another interesting incident... yesterday I got a call from Josh Lynch, the online editor of Seattle University's student paper. He wanted to ask me a few questions about my views on campus carry.

Basically, in response to his questions, I told him that I believe it's a matter of personal responsibility for one's own safety, the Washington Constitution, the inability of police to protect individuals, and so on.

However, he also asked me if I was concerned about other students possibly seeing someone's gun and getting freaked out. I felt it would have been impolitic to push open carry too hard here, but I basically told him that most people conceal (), and that they usually do a good job of it. But I also said that even further than that, simply the presence of a gun shouldn't cause fear to any reasonable person; anybody who actually meant harm would either just be hiding it (say, in a guitar case) or would already have it out and be shooting people.

So, I'll keep a lookout for any results of this interview, and I'll be sure to post here as soon as I find anything.

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Hmm, another interesting incident... yesterday I got a call from Josh Lynch, the online editor of Seattle University's student paper. He wanted to ask me a few questions about my views on campus carry.

Basically, in response to his questions, I told him that I believe it's a matter of personal responsibility for one's own safety, the Washington Constitution, the inability of police to protect individuals, and so on.

However, he also asked me if I was concerned about other students possibly seeing someone's gun and getting freaked out. I felt it would have been impolitic to push open carry too hard here, but I basically told him that most people conceal (), and that they usually do a good job of it. But I also said that even further than that, simply the presence of a gun shouldn't cause fear to any reasonable person; anybody who actually meant harm would either just be hiding it (say, in a guitar case) or would already have it out and be shooting people.

So, I'll keep a lookout for any results of this interview, and I'll be sure to post here as soon as I find anything.

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Why not invite him to go shooting and then really educate him at the range. It's amazing what happens when they actually shoot a gun for fun. Just start him out with a 22.

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The title sounds to me like an attempt by the editor to discourage readers from reading the body of the article.

FWIW, I'm slated to be on Evergreen's "Disappearing Task Force" (in English: committee that will disband once the task is completed) to review the Student Conduct Code at some point in the coming year, and I fully intend to push permitting carry on campus. My fallback position will be to reinterpret the current rules to class carry (open or concealed) by any CPL-holder as being "authorized," but that's only if I fail to gain traction by pointing to the state constitution, the fact that Evergreen Police Services currently only have 6 patrol cops instead of the 10 they're supposed to have, and the fact that even a 2-minute response time (which is very good, no slam intended towards the contributors on this board who are members of the law-enforcement community) is too slow to stop something like the NIU shooting, even with "lessons learned" from Virginia Tech.

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