Mike From Philly 3 said:
crags said:
At the GA Tech orientation for all incoming transfer students there was a safety presentation given by the Tech Police. At the end of it the officer addressing us said that if we would like to know what methods of protection we are allowed to have on campus, we should read SB 308 because they did not have time for her to go through all the details.
I hope the whole dept. is aware of 308 and not just her, because she looked like she was about 8 1/2 months pregnant and mentioned she'd be leaving office soon.
Boy, the list of methods is so huge that it would take an infinite amount of time to recite them all........... oh ...... shoot ..... You aren't allowed any methods of protection ..... Oops.
How friggin' insulting! Tech Police are the ones opposing students protecting themselves.
You might want to check out this article. The Tech president doesn't think much of the students either.
http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2010/01/20/georgia-tech-president-no-guns-on-campus/
or this position statement ... oh by the way, Alina is a Canadian lecturing Americans about our Consitution.
http://www.facultygovernance.gatech.edu/GFGFAAS2010-021610-M-Attach4b.pdf
That Atlanta Journal-Constitution is rife with "straw man arguments". On top of that, I saw this statement: "As an engineer, Peterson understands probability and noted that there was a very tiny probability of such a deadly incident ever happening". What?!?! Has this guy ever walked around that area of Atlanta? Is he aware of robberies, and the like, that have occurred against students at Georgia Tech?
Allowing students to carry firearms is not just about stopping the next mass shooting. It is also about giving these adults the means to protect themselves at all times, including when they are traveling to and from class and/or going about their other daily activities.
I am so tired of the one-sided, liberal views that are expounded on college/university campuses around the State of Georgia, and around our great country. I would like to see some college/university presidents come out and say, "Hell yes! We want our law-abiding students armed, if they wish to be. As a matter of fact, here is a small refund on your over-priced tuition, go purchase a firearm."
Oh, and the hits keep on coming:
"To those who would point to the spate of armed robberies of Tech students, Peterson said guns weren’t the solution. More alert students were."
and:
The victims have largely been male students because females are aware of the risks in walking along at night and don’t do it, he said. “But the young men feel invincible, which is why we send 18-year-olds off to war,†Peterson said. “I am not trying to blame the victims but they aren’t being smart.â€
You certain are blaming the victim. One of the main reasons these "males" become victims is because the criminals around the Georgia Tech campus know that almost all people coming out of the campus will be unarmed. If these pieces of trash were unsure of whether or not students were armed, if we, as GWL holders could carry, legally, on college/university campuses, many of these criminals would rethink robbing students. Alert victims are still victims.
Alina Staskevicius, Georgia Tech’s student body president, warned that allowing guns onto college campuses could pose a risk to vulnerable students struggling with new relationships and overwhelming new atmospheres.
“It’s like throwing gasoline onto the already volatile atmosphere of a college campus,†she said. “The risk of an explosion is too high.â€
That does not occur in the real world, outside of the false, little bubble call college? I have failed to see one legitimate reason for disarming students. I only see a continual line of liberal FUD(fear, uncertainty and doubt).
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