Is it just me, or are people not understanding the gist of this article? It was written from a particular point of view to address a particular issue realistically faced by a particular person.
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Yes, it is a choice. However, the University of Georgia isn't exactly Clown College. Most people who yearn to be a Bulldog are applying for specific reasons and are not likely to say "I am going to pass up an education at a premier university because, like, they won't let me carry a folding katana".
Certainly there are limits to the things I will and will not put up with, but for the most part if I have the chance to permanently better my existence on the planet and have to temporarily abide by laws I don't agree with to do so, then brothers, sign me up. Neither am I going to deny myself the pleasures of seeing the country and/or the world because for a temporary period of time I can't carry the knife I normally carry, or in line with the premise of this review, I have to make a compromise and carry a smaller knife.
Hey, I am a gun guy living in Colorado. Trust me, I have excellent and recent experience in dealing with laws that I find restrictive and distasteful. This idealized vision of a Valhalla of personal freedom simply does not exist in our world anymore, so I applaud my southern pal here for writing an article relevant to dealing with what is, as opposed to ranting about what should be.
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