A scary thought caught me today.

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I had a similar experience in college. Unbeknownst to me, my college had a great ROTC program, yet they made little to no presence on campus. I was out running one day on a wooded trail that skirted campus (on campus) and was confronted by a plain-clothes guy about my age with an AR-15 slung over his shoulder. Our confrontation was brief as my pace quickened considerable when we noticed each other. Nothing bad came of the event but I did immediately contact campus security. I was reassured that what I saw was most likely a member of the ROTC and that the firearm was most likely a dummy, used for non-shooting training exercises.

At that point I raised a few questions which included: 1) why was the fella' not uniformed or at least in fatigues to indicate his affiliation, and 2) why was the firearm not marked in some fashion as to indicate that it was "non-firing."

WHAT REALLY BOTHERED ME was that the person what "most likely" in ROTC and that the firearm was "most likely" a dummy. "Most likely" is not good enough for me - a little more diligence from the campus officer would have been nice.

I am no anti but do advocate firearm carry according to the law (even if I disagree with some laws) and using good judgement. Chances are, the fella I encountered was doing nothing "illegal" but was certainly not displaying his best judgement in the situation (considering his "most likely" affiliation).
 
I agree with Thurland in that your son's buddies need to have their hind ends chewed, but I'd also recount the incident to the coach and point out that as a teacher he should have been mindful of the idiotic behavior of kids and not put your son in such a situation.
 
At that point I raised a few questions which included: 1) why was the fella' not uniformed or at least in fatigues to indicate his affiliation, and 2) why was the firearm not marked in some fashion as to indicate that it was "non-firing."

WHAT REALLY BOTHERED ME was that the person what "most likely" in ROTC and that the firearm was "most likely" a dummy. "Most likely" is not good enough for me - a little more diligence from the campus officer would have been nice.

Did the individual display any behavior or body language that might indicate he was a threat? Or was he simply walking with a slung rifle? The media has created and reinforced the false perception that an armed individual is automatically a threat. This is simply not so.

From my perspective, I've had far more loaded weapons pointed at me by negligent law enforcement officers, than I have ever been threatened with by normal citizens carrying arms. Again, it's the individual's behavior and bearing that is critical to determining threats, not what they are or are not visibly carrying. The flip side of the equation is making the assumption that someone isn't a threat simply because you can't see a weapon. Neither assumption is valid, and both can cause harm.
 
I think maybe his friends need to understand the position they put him in. I'd place the blame on them.


-T.

You can't blame the kids, they are only repeating what the school system has taught them.

-E.
 
It saddens me.

When I was in high school ROTC we were issued M1s and had to take them home three days a week on the bus. They were inspected weekly to see that we had maintained them properly.

We were allowed to bring hunting rifles or shotguns to school if we planned to use them on the way home.

The state of this country sucks.
 
^^^^ Yeah. Don't them hold accountable for their behavior or anything.

Ugh.


-T.

No, because it's your school system who has taught them to fear guns intead of telling them the truth. What the hell do you expect? Being brainwashed since birth that guns are evil and that they (the guns) are the source of the crime instead of the one behind the trigger.

Why do you think kids in high schools across the nation have become such left-wing zealots??? You hear speculators state that if Obama wins this upcoming election that it will be due to the young voters of the nation. Why do you think this is? I'll tell you why, and this coming from personal expierence, is the fact that the school systems are so corrupted that they telling students what they believe, instead of giving them the facts and letting them think for themselves.

On the original topic, I don't know what you expect if someone were to carry a rifle through a school thesedays, but im pretty sure what occured would happen 99.99999999999% of the time in other schools. Unfortunatley, it is your tax dollars that have been fueling this P.C anti-gun left wing mindset youth directly from the school systems.

-E.
 
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im thinking two of them should have walked the rifle together or the instructor should have done it themselves
 
If that was my "friends" they would be TOAST... after school of course.:evil:
the teacher is also a moron in my school almost every guy would guy would have recognized it an airgun but not the girls they would have been screaming. If in fact it was a real gun are teachers the men anyway and our principal would have tackled the gunman at their own risk even if they would have got shot thats just the way it is around here.
 
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