mpg9999
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I've seen alot of talk here lately about issues involving carry on campus, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC), and protests being sponsored by Protest Easy Guns (PEG). I am involved with SCCC at VT. I've posted this before, but we will not be holding any protests, counter protests, or conducting any interviews on April 16th. There are 364 other days in the year for that. That day, particularly on the Drillfield at VT, is not the time and place to do it for either of the debate to be protesting. The debate however is still going strong here. Here are most of the recent LTE's and articles in the CT, the VT newspaper.
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/04/09/editorial__april_16_should__be_for_remembrance
anti http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/04/09/column__national_lie-in_protest_honors_the_memories_of_fallen_hokies
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/04/09/column__we_should_celebrate_growth_this_past_year (last paragraph)
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/04/08/letter__honoring_april_16
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/03/26/letter__support_concealed_carry_to_prevent_attacks (take back the night)
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/03/13/letter__concealed_carry_could_prevent_campus_violence
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2007/10/18/letter__protesting_for_the_right_to_carry_concealed_weapons (2007)
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/03/12/concealed_carry_debate_continues (non LTE)
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/03/04/tabled_concealed_carry_legislation_sparks_debate
anti http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/02/12/letter__concealed_carry_unnecessary
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/cms/site/print.php?id=10953
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/02/12/letter__misconceptions_regarding_concealed_carry_on_campus
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/02/08/tech_students_lobby_in_richmond
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/news/2/ARTICLE/9141/2007-06-27.html
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/04/09/administration__sga__advocates_tangle_over_lie-in
You will see that although we still have a long way to go, we have alot of support. We are up to 170 members at VT. If you are a VT student, faculty member, or alumni you can join our group here http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10185765895 If not, you can still join the national group which has over 23,000 members. I think alot of the opposition, or at least non support is just a result of a lack of knowledge of firearms. It doesn't help that groups like PEG are out there spreading outright lies. Usually these groups stick to misrepresenting facts and telling halftruths, but now they are telling outright lies, claiming that Cho purchased his firearms without having to pass a background check (http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/04/09/administration__sga__advocates_tangle_over_lie-in).
Later this month SCCC will be holding an empty holster protest. You can join here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7594769834
If you want more information about our opposition, you can find it here at Protest easy guns: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7594769834
You can also find a nice breakdown of all their lies here at protest easy guns lies http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7594769834
Here are some videos of SCCC at VT:
SCCC at VT with NBC
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=557258831733&oid=10185765895
SCCC at VT talks to Gov Kaine http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=562843440133&oid=10185765895
SCCC at VT talks to VT admin http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=563389910003&oid=10185765895
I'll add more as its published/aired.
I've seen alot of talk here lately about issues involving carry on campus, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC), and protests being sponsored by Protest Easy Guns (PEG). I am involved with SCCC at VT. I've posted this before, but we will not be holding any protests, counter protests, or conducting any interviews on April 16th. There are 364 other days in the year for that. That day, particularly on the Drillfield at VT, is not the time and place to do it for either of the debate to be protesting. The debate however is still going strong here. Here are most of the recent LTE's and articles in the CT, the VT newspaper.
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/04/09/editorial__april_16_should__be_for_remembrance
anti http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/04/09/column__national_lie-in_protest_honors_the_memories_of_fallen_hokies
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/04/09/column__we_should_celebrate_growth_this_past_year (last paragraph)
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/04/08/letter__honoring_april_16
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/03/26/letter__support_concealed_carry_to_prevent_attacks (take back the night)
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/03/13/letter__concealed_carry_could_prevent_campus_violence
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2007/10/18/letter__protesting_for_the_right_to_carry_concealed_weapons (2007)
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/03/12/concealed_carry_debate_continues (non LTE)
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/03/04/tabled_concealed_carry_legislation_sparks_debate
anti http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/02/12/letter__concealed_carry_unnecessary
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/cms/site/print.php?id=10953
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/02/12/letter__misconceptions_regarding_concealed_carry_on_campus
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/02/08/tech_students_lobby_in_richmond
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/news/2/ARTICLE/9141/2007-06-27.html
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/04/09/administration__sga__advocates_tangle_over_lie-in
You will see that although we still have a long way to go, we have alot of support. We are up to 170 members at VT. If you are a VT student, faculty member, or alumni you can join our group here http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10185765895 If not, you can still join the national group which has over 23,000 members. I think alot of the opposition, or at least non support is just a result of a lack of knowledge of firearms. It doesn't help that groups like PEG are out there spreading outright lies. Usually these groups stick to misrepresenting facts and telling halftruths, but now they are telling outright lies, claiming that Cho purchased his firearms without having to pass a background check (http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/04/09/administration__sga__advocates_tangle_over_lie-in).
Later this month SCCC will be holding an empty holster protest. You can join here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7594769834
If you want more information about our opposition, you can find it here at Protest easy guns: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7594769834
You can also find a nice breakdown of all their lies here at protest easy guns lies http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7594769834
Here are some videos of SCCC at VT:
SCCC at VT with NBC
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=557258831733&oid=10185765895
SCCC at VT talks to Gov Kaine http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=562843440133&oid=10185765895
SCCC at VT talks to VT admin http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=563389910003&oid=10185765895
I'll add more as its published/aired.