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GMU Shooting Club Makes Field Trip To Gun Range (NBC Video)
TEXT: http://www.nbc4.com/education/15817713/detail.html
VIDEO: http://video.nbc4.com/player/?id=237736
nbc4.com GMU Shooting Club Makes Field Trip To Gun Range
POSTED: 5:48 pm EDT April 7, 2008
UPDATED: 7:58 pm EDT April 7, 2008
FAIRFAX, Va. -- Students and staff from George Mason University took a field trip to Blue Ridge Arsenal in Chantilly Monday in order to learn proper and safe gun handling. The students argue the campus would be safer if concealed firearms are permitted, so they went to a gun range to prove their point, News4's Darcy Spencer reported.About a dozen GMU students from the College Republicans participated. They were paired with NRA-certified firearms instructors and taught how to safely handle guns.Following the Virginia Tech massacre, some gun advocates argued that students should be allowed to arm themselves against would be attackers.GMU bans all guns on campus. University officials said they don't plan on lifting the campus gun ban.
Participants in Monday's field trip said they'll continue to fight to have the policy changed. Participants were given complimentary memberships in GMU's new shooting club, which is planning for a shooting range on campus. [align=right]Copyright 2008 by nbc4.com. All rights reserved.
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GMU Shooting Club Makes Field Trip To Gun Range (NBC Video)
TEXT: http://www.nbc4.com/education/15817713/detail.html
VIDEO: http://video.nbc4.com/player/?id=237736
nbc4.com GMU Shooting Club Makes Field Trip To Gun Range
POSTED: 5:48 pm EDT April 7, 2008
UPDATED: 7:58 pm EDT April 7, 2008
FAIRFAX, Va. -- Students and staff from George Mason University took a field trip to Blue Ridge Arsenal in Chantilly Monday in order to learn proper and safe gun handling. The students argue the campus would be safer if concealed firearms are permitted, so they went to a gun range to prove their point, News4's Darcy Spencer reported.About a dozen GMU students from the College Republicans participated. They were paired with NRA-certified firearms instructors and taught how to safely handle guns.Following the Virginia Tech massacre, some gun advocates argued that students should be allowed to arm themselves against would be attackers.GMU bans all guns on campus. University officials said they don't plan on lifting the campus gun ban.
Participants in Monday's field trip said they'll continue to fight to have the policy changed. Participants were given complimentary memberships in GMU's new shooting club, which is planning for a shooting range on campus. [align=right]Copyright 2008 by nbc4.com. All rights reserved.
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