Concealed Weapons on Campus - The Concept of Armed Students

[Will-IB-Ready]

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[jackle1886]

Good video. Well spoken facts, they should show this in every classroom.

[MFootball]

I thought this was really well done.

I am graduating college with my undergraduate degree this week, but the issue of concealed carry on campus has always been an interesting one for me. It is a very important issue, and I believe also an important step if we are to eventually try to eliminate PFZ's in general.

[dramey82]

http://www.migunowners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=114179&highlight=video

This is the original, why wasn't it made a sticky? just wondering how that decision is made. :scratch:

[Will-IB-Ready]

http://www.migunowners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=114179&highlight=video

This is the original, why wasn't it made a sticky? just wondering how that decision is made. :scratch:
The video is a sticky here.
I decided to leave the discussion thread in the Concealed Carry forum, but make the video a sticky in this sub-forum, because it is such a great piece, and will be a benefit to people looking for information about firearms on college campuses.

[Knightrider03m]

Great video!

[CremDellaCrem]

Great video, but I do have some honest criticism. The University chosen for this video was probably not the best choice many things stay pretty calm around Grand Valley University. A better choice would be Wayne State University, which in my personal opinion is located in the worse possible area for college students.

December 2011 Crime Statistics
CRIME DECEMBER 2011 YEAR TO DATE
Homicide 0 0
Forcible Sex Offense 0 2
Non Forcible Sex 0 0
Robbery 3 26
Aggravated Assault 1 4
Burglary 1 18
Larceny 15 240
Motor Vehicle Theft 4 54
Arson 1 2

Just a week ago there was a bomb threat and this was the email I received.
Important message from Wayne State University:

Wayne State Police received a threat this afternoon concerning State Hall. While the police determine the seriousness of the threat, they will be taking necessary precautions. We will provide updates on Wayne.edu as we receive more information.

Not to totally bash on Wayne State University there are things they are doing to TRY to make it safer (Motor Vehicle Theft), but thats something that will remain hard to do since everything around the University pretty much went to s**t.


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Now thats a University that needs to allow their students to conceal carry.

[ReverendBimmer]

I'm completely for this, however any time I have mentioned it to somebody at my current college, it gets brushed off as a ridiculous idea.