Let's put it this way- no one bothers me. I like it that way. Have I been officially harrassed? No. most of the people in my school are familiar with firearms- for example, I turned 18 on wednesday, and immediatly got asked about my firearms and firearms purchases.
harrassment at school?
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Thefabulousfink
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I wasn't big into gun back in highschool, but even if I was it wouldn't have been a problem. My English teacher had a bumper sticker "Gun-control means using both hands" and felt that Columbine could have been prevented by teachers with CCWs.
I went to college in Moscow, ID. While we had a prominent hippy/liberal population, they didn't talk about guns much because everybody and their dog had guns or knew people who had them so it was no big deal. I guess this is just another benefit of living in the "Free" United States.
I went to college in Moscow, ID. While we had a prominent hippy/liberal population, they didn't talk about guns much because everybody and their dog had guns or knew people who had them so it was no big deal. I guess this is just another benefit of living in the "Free" United States.
KriegHund
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Once, during the AWB expiration days. I made a little sighn that said something like the assualt weapon ban was stupid, but with a catchy slogan.
Me and my friend put them on our backpacks and i put one on my locker. Some kids tore the one off my locker as i walked past, and one reached out to grab the one off my backpack.
I simply replied "See what happens if you try it little f***er".
*Edit* he didnt try it.
But today in class when jy teacher asked if anyone had ever gotten a family heirloom passed down to them, and i replied "A .22 rifle" a kid laughed and said "A rifle?" but all was good.
Actually ive been somewhat vocal (comments now and then in class) about RKBA and no one really ever had any issues.
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Actually, my english teacher mentioned a few days ago that he was going hunting with some friends. No one had any problems. Guess my school is one of the better about such stuff.
Me and my friend put them on our backpacks and i put one on my locker. Some kids tore the one off my locker as i walked past, and one reached out to grab the one off my backpack.
I simply replied "See what happens if you try it little f***er".
*Edit* he didnt try it.
But today in class when jy teacher asked if anyone had ever gotten a family heirloom passed down to them, and i replied "A .22 rifle" a kid laughed and said "A rifle?" but all was good.
Actually ive been somewhat vocal (comments now and then in class) about RKBA and no one really ever had any issues.
*edit again*
Actually, my english teacher mentioned a few days ago that he was going hunting with some friends. No one had any problems. Guess my school is one of the better about such stuff.
PlayboyPenguin
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Can't relate to this
I am afraid i can't relate to this at all. Growing up in WV you were ridiculed if you "didn't" shoot and hunt. If your dad didn't have a gun rack in his truck you must be a homer-sexual.
I am afraid i can't relate to this at all. Growing up in WV you were ridiculed if you "didn't" shoot and hunt. If your dad didn't have a gun rack in his truck you must be a homer-sexual.
In Maine when I got my first shotgun I didn't know the rules of carrying around in the car, no guns in the house upbringing.
So, I called the police department and the secretary had one of the three officers come back to the station so I could ask him.
His reply. "Every third car I stop has guns in them. Just keep 'em unloaded and all will be fine".
cavman
edit: but as to the question: At the University of Maine, Orono (UMO) a friend had his rifles and one day a girl say him walking through the dorms with it and freaked out. He was totally in the clear with the dorm people but he didn't want to put up with people such as that girl who went mental. Eric moved out to an apartment after one semester. Up until that "incident" I saw folks freely walking around with rifles and the such in the dorms coming back from a day of hunting.
So, I called the police department and the secretary had one of the three officers come back to the station so I could ask him.
His reply. "Every third car I stop has guns in them. Just keep 'em unloaded and all will be fine".
cavman
edit: but as to the question: At the University of Maine, Orono (UMO) a friend had his rifles and one day a girl say him walking through the dorms with it and freaked out. He was totally in the clear with the dorm people but he didn't want to put up with people such as that girl who went mental. Eric moved out to an apartment after one semester. Up until that "incident" I saw folks freely walking around with rifles and the such in the dorms coming back from a day of hunting.
MedGrl
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Not harrassed no. Benn levtured, looked at oddly and asked if i was nuts...but not harrassed.
LiquidTension
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I spent some time at the local Tech College before getting back into a real University. I was a criminal justice major, so firearms came up pretty regularly in discussion. Constitutional law, judicial process, and any other class that touched on 2nd Amendment issues elicited some sort of commentary from me. At the tech college the issue came up one time and someone said something dumb, so I set them straight. I went off on a little rant about how the 2nd was a doomsday provision against oppressive government blah blah blah, and wonder of wonders, everyone was silent when I was done. Nobody had anything else to say in the face of logical argument.
At the University, one dumb anti tried the whole "guns are only meant to kill people blah blah nobody uses an AK47 to hunt deer whine bleat bleat." This enraged me. I calmly but quite thoroughly explained to this person how her argument was flawed. She never forgot. The first day of a polisci class the next semester she walked in, saw me, and proceeded to go sit in the chair that was farthest from me across the room. I smiled.
Pretty much everyone in my classes knew me as the "gun guy" but that didn't bother me. Quite a few people would back me up in any kind of class discussion. I was fortunate to be in a fairly conservative major in a southern university - I know lots of board members are not so lucky.
At the University, one dumb anti tried the whole "guns are only meant to kill people blah blah nobody uses an AK47 to hunt deer whine bleat bleat." This enraged me. I calmly but quite thoroughly explained to this person how her argument was flawed. She never forgot. The first day of a polisci class the next semester she walked in, saw me, and proceeded to go sit in the chair that was farthest from me across the room. I smiled.
Pretty much everyone in my classes knew me as the "gun guy" but that didn't bother me. Quite a few people would back me up in any kind of class discussion. I was fortunate to be in a fairly conservative major in a southern university - I know lots of board members are not so lucky.
bigun15
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I don't think I've really been harassed over it before, but I'm sure I'm about to and here's why: We're doing a research project in my English class and we could pick anything we wanted. I picked gun control. At the end we're going to have to do a presentation. So basically, I'm going to stand in front of about 30 Californians of different walks of life and tell them what gun control is and why it doesn't work.
PS: Oleg Volk, if you're reading this, thanks for making your site (www.a-human-right.com). Not only is that how I found this forum, but it's one of my "cited sources" of information.
PS: Oleg Volk, if you're reading this, thanks for making your site (www.a-human-right.com). Not only is that how I found this forum, but it's one of my "cited sources" of information.
Brass Fetcher
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In my limited experience, talking about guns is 'OK' in the university that I go to (in the South), but is not usually done much because of the 'mixed company' that might be offended.
Wound ballistics on the other hand ... I was putting up a new gelatin test result on my website when a curious (far left-leaning) classmate of mine strolled by the computer and asked what was that 'yellow stuff' (gelatin block) that I was looking at ... ... ... which was about the time that all of the mentally-challenged anti-gun hysteria broke loose. From that point on, I will either talk about guns openly with others and if anyone comes back with the 'guns are evil' stuff, I just ignore them.
JE223
Wound ballistics on the other hand ... I was putting up a new gelatin test result on my website when a curious (far left-leaning) classmate of mine strolled by the computer and asked what was that 'yellow stuff' (gelatin block) that I was looking at ... ... ... which was about the time that all of the mentally-challenged anti-gun hysteria broke loose. From that point on, I will either talk about guns openly with others and if anyone comes back with the 'guns are evil' stuff, I just ignore them.
JE223
MatthewVanitas
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I'll bite. Consider this a friendly flame. Let's see...
Back on Monday, MacPelto, Mrs MacPelto, and myself spent 90 minutes out on the sidewalk at the campus of UT Austin. (NOTE: According to THR wisdom, Austin is a city full of vegan, latte-sipping communists who are afraid of pointy scissors.) We all wore our "UT Austin Texas Rifles" T-shirts, and handed out 150 flyers advertising free shooting lessons at the campus ROTC range.
While wearing shirts with crossed rifles, literally calling out "Free shooting lessons, guns and ammo provided", we received zero complaints.
The night of the class, 40 people showed up for free lessons on the .22LR pistol. Another dozen came by the next night even though there was no class advertised.
What should we have done instead to "advance the cause"?
Nothing will kill "the cause" faster than people acting ashamed of their beliefs. That goes for any cause.
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DarthBubba
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Guns not a problem in the school because everybody had one.
I went to a small rural ISD in Texas.
During Dove season all of the male staff at the high school and most of the students had shotguns in the back of their cars or pickups. Guns were not a problem in the school because everybody had one.
Now days the world is so messed up that to even draw a picture of a cowboy with a gun can get you expelled, where is the sense in that?
AAWWW to heck with all of them I am just going to work my ranch while I sit back and watch this country implode from all of the B.S. spewing from Washington D.C. and both coasts.
DarthBubba
I went to a small rural ISD in Texas.
During Dove season all of the male staff at the high school and most of the students had shotguns in the back of their cars or pickups. Guns were not a problem in the school because everybody had one.
Now days the world is so messed up that to even draw a picture of a cowboy with a gun can get you expelled, where is the sense in that?
AAWWW to heck with all of them I am just going to work my ranch while I sit back and watch this country implode from all of the B.S. spewing from Washington D.C. and both coasts.
DarthBubba
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As a student at a relatively conservative university, I have never been harassed for gun ownership. I don't go out of my way to advertise, but I don't fear discussion. On occasion I have had people ask why I hunt. Others have shown an interest in getting into target shooting or learning firearm basics. Otherwise it's just me and a few other gunnies I know that discuss them. During these discussions we may catch a few interesting looks or folks who seem to think they heard something they weren't supposed to. Usually just try to make sure to convey that gun owners are normal, responsible people who know everyone else is missing out on the fun.
As a student at a relatively conservative university, I have never been harassed for gun ownership. I don't go out of my way to advertise, but I don't fear discussion. On occasion I have had people ask why I hunt. Others have shown an interest in getting into target shooting or learning firearm basics. Otherwise it's just me and a few other gunnies I know that discuss them. During these discussions we may catch a few interesting looks or folks who seem to think they heard something they weren't supposed to. Usually just try to make sure to convey that gun owners are normal, responsible people who know everyone else is missing out on the fun.
Creeping Incrementalism
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UC Berkeley
I gave a speech as part of an undergrad public speaking class on why gun-control was bad and received an amazingly positive reaction. I'm not trying to brag, but I felt I received more praise for my speech than anyone else received for theirs--but maybe I was just so astonished it seemed the praise was greater than it really was. I never received any negative looks or comments from it, with two small exceptions. During the speech I mentioned Sarah Brady, and someone said that the negative tone of voice I used while describing her hurt what was otherwise a speech with positive overtones. In a later class, the professor asked me to summarize my main points, and someone who hadn't heard the speech sort of guffawed. The professor was very popular, had sort of a hippie feel to him, and began class by having everyone meditate, and he loved the speech too. I heard that a year or so later he brought a gun on campus to show people, so I guess he was pro-gun the whole time. I got an A for the speech, though that was sort of an easy-A class.
I only mentioned guns a few other times to Berkeley students, and never perceived any looks or received any comments, except for one time someone saw the CRPA sticker on my car and asked, "Are you a member of the California Rifle and Pistol Association", to which I responded "Yes", and that was it. This was at a retreat for a club, and hours later another club member was talking about how he had been working to start a "Cal gun club" openly, with no reservations as to who heard him. One time a girl mentioned to me that she didn't believe in private ownership of guns, but I felt that it was just someone stating an opinion with no personal vitriol towards me at all.
And for every time I overheard someone mention they couldn't believe people were still allowed to own guns, I overheard other people saying bits and pieces like, "Pre-ban or post-ban AK" or, "Wolf? You mean the green [excrement]?"
I gave a speech as part of an undergrad public speaking class on why gun-control was bad and received an amazingly positive reaction. I'm not trying to brag, but I felt I received more praise for my speech than anyone else received for theirs--but maybe I was just so astonished it seemed the praise was greater than it really was. I never received any negative looks or comments from it, with two small exceptions. During the speech I mentioned Sarah Brady, and someone said that the negative tone of voice I used while describing her hurt what was otherwise a speech with positive overtones. In a later class, the professor asked me to summarize my main points, and someone who hadn't heard the speech sort of guffawed. The professor was very popular, had sort of a hippie feel to him, and began class by having everyone meditate, and he loved the speech too. I heard that a year or so later he brought a gun on campus to show people, so I guess he was pro-gun the whole time. I got an A for the speech, though that was sort of an easy-A class.
I only mentioned guns a few other times to Berkeley students, and never perceived any looks or received any comments, except for one time someone saw the CRPA sticker on my car and asked, "Are you a member of the California Rifle and Pistol Association", to which I responded "Yes", and that was it. This was at a retreat for a club, and hours later another club member was talking about how he had been working to start a "Cal gun club" openly, with no reservations as to who heard him. One time a girl mentioned to me that she didn't believe in private ownership of guns, but I felt that it was just someone stating an opinion with no personal vitriol towards me at all.
And for every time I overheard someone mention they couldn't believe people were still allowed to own guns, I overheard other people saying bits and pieces like, "Pre-ban or post-ban AK" or, "Wolf? You mean the green [excrement]?"
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