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« Good article by historian Robert Churchill | Main | Bloomberg Gun Giveaway »

Brady Campaign and allowing CCW holders to carry on campus

Posted by David Hardy · 24 May 2007 09:58 PM

Brady Campaign has released a paper (pdf) arguing that universities should allow neither faculty nor student holders of CCW permits to carry arguing, among other things, that universities might increase legal liability. The paper got some traction in the Chronicle of Higher Education today.

Reminds me a little of Prof. Reynold's comment, in my documentary, that gun control is a litmus test for how a person views their fellow citizens. A few choice quotes:

"A binge drinking, drug using student is dangerous enough; let's not give him or her a gun" (p.8)

" had there been a number of people who had been in that classroom with guns, [there could have been] additional persons killed just as a result of poor judgment calls."

On allowing teachers to arm: "As a society, do we really want our teachers to be prepared to shoot children, perhaps killing them? ... what about the student that merely flashes a gun threateningly?... In how many of those instances would an armed teacher have been tempted to shoot the student because of a perception of danger?"

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12 Comments | Leave a comment

Sertorius | May 24, 2007 10:19 PM | Reply

Had to repost a very, very funny comment from the Chronicle website, in response to Brady's musing that colleges would be sued if they allowed CCW (comment not mine, just reposting):

"Henhouses may face legal problems if guarded, report local foxes."

Jonas Salk | May 25, 2007 2:33 AM | Reply

"what about the student that merely flashes a gun threateningly?"

Merely? What an absurd statement.

Brian | May 25, 2007 7:40 AM | Reply

Why aren't college administrators who forbid concealed carry permit holders the right to defend themselves, and then neglect to provide effective security held criminally and civilly liable?

VT seems like a clear cut case of gross and willful negligence as well as reckless disregard for human life to me.

Robin | May 25, 2007 7:52 AM | Reply

At least it is clear that the Brady bunch is really just against anyone defending themselves. I guess the only thing students and teachers should do in a situation like VT is to put their head between their legs and ...

The henhouse quote is really funny.

Weer'd Beard | May 25, 2007 8:58 AM | Reply

Agree with all said above. On a seperate note, the Bradys have been at this for DECADES, yet they can't even get simple terms correct?

"High Capacity Ammunition Clips"

This term should command the same respect as opening a Car & Driver magazine and reading "Fule Injected Carburator" or hearing a writer refer to an inline 4-cylender as a "V-4"

cite all the studies you want, but saying ignorant terms like this should get you laughed out of the room.

Tim | May 25, 2007 8:59 AM | Reply

You forgot my favorite argument from Brady:

"Plus, college gun owners are more likely than the average student to:
* Engage in binge drinking,
* Need an alcoholic drink first thing in the morning,
* Use cocaine or crack,
* Be arrested for a DUI,
* Vandalize property, and
* Get in trouble with police."

Where do they get their data for this crap?

RKV | May 25, 2007 11:04 AM | Reply

I work with 50 plus college students teaching marksmanship at Winchester Canyon Gun Club in Santa Barbara. They are uniformly polite, competent and smart and SAFE. And their lives are worth the same as yours and mine, Mrs. Brady.

karrde | May 25, 2007 11:38 AM | Reply

Another note on uninformed analysis:

The Bradys seem unaware that most CCW permits cannot be issued to people under the age of 21, while most campuses have at least 60% of their attendees under that age.

Or, they suspect that CCW licenses will have the same effect as the achieving the legal age to purchase alcohol.

(This observation leads to some funny questions. Do new-ly-minted-21-year-olds go through a day-long course on law, alcohol abuse, and the medical side-effects of binge-drinking before they get permission to drink? Do alcohol dealers have to check ID and criminal status of purchasers against the FBI database?)

Thirdpower | May 25, 2007 12:51 PM | Reply

Their "data" came from "Private Guns, Public Health" by Hemenway. So basically, they're citing themselves.

scooby | May 25, 2007 1:59 PM | Reply

As a prospective graduate student, I'd like to see universities justify their ban on concealed weapons. They need to explain to me just how careless, irresponsible and hot-headed their students and professors are before I drop tens of thousands of dollars into their coffers.

Joe | May 26, 2007 8:18 AM | Reply

" had there been a number of people who had been in that classroom with guns, [there could have been] additional persons killed just as a result of poor judgment calls."




I'd much rather be shot by one of my classmates who's intent is to save lives than by an evil, murderous thug! What's wrong with these nutjobs?!?

SCATTERSHOT | May 26, 2007 9:31 AM | Reply

Since everyone in the classroom was shot multiple times(except Mr. Cho, of course)and nevertheless, some survived, the logic of their speculation on the result of an armed response to the attack fails to convince me that it could possibly be worse than the actual events.CCW permittees are not incompetent, binge drinking, cocaine/crack users.

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