KSU Alert 7/25/17: Armed Robbery on Campus in Housing Parking Lot Took Wallet and Gun

Hey everyone. I am the student in question and I made this reply elsewhere on the internet. Under current laws, as you all know, it is illegal to have your weapon in student housing. As such, my weapon was not on my person but instead in my vehicle. As for situational awareness fail? Maybe. However, I think we can all agree that pulling your weapon when you have two guns pointed at you may not be the best idea. Maybe I'm an idiot. Maybe not. I'm too tired to type another huge explanation so instead I copied and pasted the below from elsewhere. As such, some may not apply to you all as it was directed at people who are anti-campus carry. Have a good day, everyone.

Edit: and yes, mountainpass--you are correct. They did know I had my GCWL. I'm a 22 year old male.


"I'd like to set the record straight. I'm a Georgia weapons carry license holder. Under the current campus carry laws, students are not allowed to carry weapons in student housing. Therefore, I did not have my gun on my person, but in my car.

I walked out of my girlfriend's apartment and was immediately ambushed by two black males (KSU and Cobb county police both decided to withhold this information when releasing their descriptions of the subjects). One of them had a laser sight mounted on his pistol and as soon as I walked out the door, the laser was on my chest. Both had guns. Even had I had my weapon on my person, it would have been an extremely poor decision to draw it.

They told me to comply and they would let me go safely.

They asked for my wallet, which contained my GWCL, and then asked if I had any cash. Before I had a chance to answer, the other black male asked where my gun was. I told him I didn't have one. He reiterated "I know you got one" (in hindsight I think he was bluffing--as a rule, I do not flaunt the fact that I'm a gun owner. There are no stickers on my car that are gun related and I have made no posts on social media about my weapon.)


In the interest of not dying, I told him my weapon was in my car. He then opened my door and removed it from my car. They then told me to lay on the ground and cross my legs. As soon as I was on the ground, I heard their feet slamming the pavement as they ran away. I turned my head and decided they were no longer close enough to be an immediate threat, so I jumped in my car (which they had no interest in stealing--I tried to give them my keys, possibly because it's a 6 speed) and started to drive in the direction they ran off. I lost sight of them and then proceeded to the KSU police department to be met with locked doors and no answer after I banged on both front and back doors of PD as well as blaring my horn. I had to call 911, where I said "I'm at the KSU police department. I need an officer NOW, I was just robbed at gunpoint"

All the dispatcher had to say was "what's the cross street?"

I should also note that the school places emergency call boxes around campus. There is one right next to my girlfriend's apartment but it is out of order.

There are also no cameras in the area, a fact I discovered earlier this year when my motorcycle was vandalized.

I have seen several people question whether or not drugs were involved. I'm a guy who has never so much as had a sip of alcohol in my entire life. I will gladly submit to a drug test and a full K9 search of my car--officers would find not so much as a trace of any drugs or paraphernalia.

Any of you making this into a gun debate--**** you. These were two criminals, who clearly would have done this regardless of whether or not campus carry had been passed.

Police also told me there was another robbery that matched the description I gave, 15 minutes prior about 5 minutes down the road at another student apartment complex.

Have a good day everyone. Ultimately none of you will have to deal with the realities of having two guns pointed in your face and being told the only thing that lies between you and death is your cooperation, but I'd love if people wouldn't try to politicize this.

Thanks."

CAP Action Guns‏ @CAPActionGuns 28s28 seconds ago
Campus carry on Georgia fails to deter crime, instead puts another illegal gun on the street http://www.ajc.com/news/local/cops-ksu-student-gun-wallet-stolen-armed-robbery-campus-dorm/1IyM6cDukikBYhExsf2qFJ/?ecmp=socialflow_ajc … #gunsense


Jeremy Kariuki‏ @simba_kariuki 3h3 hours ago
Sooo they passed campus open carry and we already have an armed robbery at KSU #smh


Janel Green‏ @sandersmomma1 3h3 hours ago
@antonia_okafor Campus carry day 25 in GA and they're already being stolen. So much for that good guy w/a gun bs http://www.ajc.com/news/local/cops-ksu-student-gun-wallet-stolen-armed-robbery-campus-dorm/1IyM6cDukikBYhExsf2qFJ/?ecmp=socialflow_ajc …


Cocks Not Glocks‏ @CocksNotGlocks http://www.ajc.com/news/local/cops-ksu-student-gun-wallet-stolen-armed-robbery-campus-dorm/1IyM6cDukikBYhExsf2qFJ/ …