Leftist feminist with a handgun? Interesting concept

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Preacherman, Armoredman, and yes

you too, TBO are all correct. (much as I hate to admit it) There really are nasty folks out there who'd just as soon murder (rape, rob, sodomize, etc) you as look at you .

I think I met one once. One of the scariest experiences I've ever had, and I've had some moderately bad car and motorcycle wrecks. He didn't lift a finger against me, nor even raise his voice, but even now, ~15 years later, I can't think of the episode without a shudder.

I was standing around at a gas station in Atlanta, waiting for the tank to fill and drinking a Coke from their machine, when I struck up a conversation with this other guy who was also standing around. He was taller and skinnier than I, with the tow-headed, sallow-faced, washed-out-looking-blue-eyes appearance that Scarlett O'Hara thought was the mark of Scotch-Irish white trash. Well, I didn't think of that till later. (Yeah, I'm one, too, but I'm also an Eagle Scout)

We talked about the weather, or something, for a bit, and then this guy's attention went to a male-and-female couple walking along the sidewalk on the other side of the street. All at once, nothing first, not knowing me from Adam, this organism started telling me in a very calm voice how he'd like to cross the street, beat the poo out of both strollers, rape the female (and maybe the male too, I was already freaking at this point) and then horribly murder both of them. About then I went into CYA mode, humoring him while thinking how to get away unremembered.

I'll NEVER, as long as I live, forget the look in this guy's eyes (nobody home ) nor the little "teardrop" tattoos under his eye. (Found out about that later)

The moral of this story? Humans are dangerous. Male humans are not necessarily more dangerous than female humans, but the dangerous males are REALLY dangerous, in violent ways. (Girls tend to cheat. Snork!)
Arm yo'self, young lady!
 
Simple reality check: Imagine walking to your car, parked in a somewhat out of the way spot, after class late on a dark winter afternoon, campus is more or less deserted. You become aware of a large male following you, gaining on you. It's real clear that he is following you and getting closer. Now he's close enough to comment on you physical attributes in a vulgalrly sexual manner and that he'd like to try 'em out. Which do ou think will work better, "Please don't hurt me (the university said so)", or with Bersa firmly in hand pointed squarely at his family jewels, "If you take one more step closer, I'll blow your f*****g b@lls off!"?

Do you really think the university can guarantee your safety or that anyone other than yourself can I]really[/I] be responsible for your safety? [
 
I understand what most of you are saying, but have yet to hear what your alternative is to the current gun issue in the U.S. How do you propose that allowing the free sale and purchase of guns without all the ridiculous legal ties will actually prevent harm to human life?

The real question you need to answer for us is, how do you pass and enforce a law to prevent harm to a human life? The answer is you can't.

No law you pass will prevent harm to human life. A law can only define an act and prescribe a punishment for committing that act. It can't prevent anything.

Allowing a law-abiding citizen to own any firearm of his or her choice in no way endangers you. Banning the ownership of a firearm in no way protects you. It only limits the ways you have to protect yourself. A firearm is only a tool. The good or harm it can do is dictated by who holds it. Cain didn't need a gun to kill Able.

Gun laws are not about crime. They are about power and control.
 
The Constitution does not give people the right to feel safe, that is correct, however, my University guarantees its students that it will promote their academic freedom first and foremost and that their safety and feeling safe is the top priority.

Well, if we were to judge the problem OBJECTIVELY, rather than indulge in stereotypically feminine irrationality ;) , the first thing we'd point out is that there is no evidence that gun control reduces crime. Hence, as a way of making you safer in reality (as opposed to make-believe), it has little to recommend it. Ignoring civil rights for a moment (an interesting idea for a feminist, but what the heck ;) ), gun control as a crime control measure simply does not work. Go to the nastier parts of Chicago, Washington D.C. or New York City. The gun control laws there are among the strictest in existence. I hope you feel safer... even though your odds of a horrible random death just increased exponentially by going there. Especially in comparison to, say, rural Vermont, where gun control is practically nil.
 
Welcome to THR-hope you have thick skin. I look forward to your continued posts-a dissenting opinion should provide some stimulating and thought provoking responses. My problem with your so-called left leaning politics is the same one I have with people who are exteme right wing-they know the difference between left and right but not right and wrong. To put your beliefs in a bottle on a shelf with a narrow label is to close your mind and approach life with blinders on. Neither the left nor the right have all the answers-sadly they do have all the power as we currently only have 2 realistic political choices-Democrat or Republican. Your rights as a citizen(or non-citizen the way things are going) should not be limited to the 1st Amnd. This country was founded by those brave enough to dissent, so by all means utilize all of your rights, including the 2nd Amnd. Hope you have an open mind and are willing to consider the thoughts and opinions of others, and I hope we will do the same.
 
Shannon,

Welcome! I just thought you should know that there is a small but feisty group of liberals here, and we could use another. My experience has been that other liberals have a distaste for guns and gun owners, even if they have no real articulate arguments once presented the facts. I used to support gun control too, but once I did a bit of research into the history, philosophy, and science of gun control, I could see the emperor had no clothes. I hope you stick around.

For an interesting liberal perspective (Cottrel is a law professor at GWU):
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38de766c43e0.htm

and see the NYU syllabus:
http://www.davekopel.com/2A/gun.htm
 
The Constitution does not give people the right to feel safe, that is correct, however, my University guarantees its students that it will promote their academic freedom first and foremost and that their safety and feeling safe is the top priority.

So some students wouldn't feel safe if guns were allowed...AFAIK, that's their own personal problem. What of those of us who don't feel safe if we don't have a gun? Now the U's policy is making me feel unsafe.

Folks like the ACLU are extremely fond of shouting that the BOR protects the rights of the minority against the tyranny of the majority, at least when it comes to practicing unpopular religions, expressing unpopular opinions, or having unpopular art funded by the government. But even if the number of people who want to carry a gun are the minority, doesn't the BOR protect their right to do just that? Especially from an agency of the state such as a public university?

Another point is that concealed carry is just that-concealed. How are those who are scared of guns going to even know if someone has one?
 
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