Posted on 07/14/2008 3:06:28 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
READING, WRITING, WEAPONS
Texas students join a nationwide movement for the right to bear arms while at college
BLANCO — Cameron Schober, a 22-year-old Texas State University student, aimed his semi-automatic pistol at the outline of a man's torso just as a gust of wind blew down the target.
"Everybody hold up!" hollered instructor Mike Cox. As six other shooters lowered their weapons, Schober scrambled to brace the cardboard target at a makeshift range on a deserted Hill Country ranch.
Schober and fellow student Bill Downs were among 13 people who recently completed Cox's shooting proficiency and eight-hour classroom course, prerequisites to obtaining a license to legally carry a concealed handgun in Texas.
But even if the two follow through with fingerprints, notarized forms and $140 checks for Texas Department of Public Safety processing, they won't be able to bring their weapons to campus unless the Legislature changes the law.
Schober and Downs are part of a nationwide movement that's pushing for the right to carry pistols on college and university campuses in the wake of the April 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech University.
College students are also part of a record wave of Texans applying for concealed gun licenses this year. Applications for first-time licenses and renewals were up 24 percent during the first five months of 2008 compared with the same period in 2007.
Schober said he wants to be able to protect himself from a gunman like the one who killed 32 students at Virginia Tech.
"School's not a safe place anymore," Schober said. "How horrible would that be to have to sit under a desk and wait for the cops to come."
Michael Guzman, president of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus at Texas State, said he believes more students would apply for licenses if...
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
http://concealedcampus.org/
I support this. But,,, on an unfortunate note,,,, We had a cop killed one town over on Saturday night. “Routine” traffic stop. The perp shot the officer 4 times in the head. The thing is,,,, the perp had a CCW! This sad fact will be used against us!
Get a rope!
Link to story?
Try this. If it doesn’t work let me know
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&q=Twinsburg+Ohio&btnG=Search+News
CCW is mentioned in the story with his lawyer sayin’ it was self-defense.
Lots of details provided in those stories. Does anyone really know anything?
While I may have missed it (I doubt it), I don’t see CCW mentioned in the WTTE nor the Plain Dealer story.
((Ping!))
Good luck to them in Texas.
It is very strange for the officer to stop a car without letting dispatch know about it.
Everything is likely to come out at the trial.
You missed it!
“Thompson, a licensed practical nurse for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, according to his attorney, had a concealed-carry gun permit.”
http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/25399769.html
"I posted this because it has been reported in the media the the suspect had a Conceal Carry Permit, but what is not being reported is the fact that it was revoked as has been reported by 19 Action News."
Suspect Accused Of Fatally ShootingTwinsburg Officer May Claim Self-Defense
Post #3.
There’s still a lot of news breaking on this tragedy. Because the investigation is still underway, only bits and pieces are coming out. I wonder what the PD will say about the revoked status of the perp’s CCW. I haven’t read the PD in 15 years, so I’ll have to find out second hand.
Yeah I never read it when I lived there either.
And, there you have it: he didn’t have a permit. I’m shocked the media would out print false information.
Good luck Dave! Please ping me the link if it is available.
Too bad as it would have helped immensely to find out how everything went down.
Too bad as it would have helped immensely to find out how everything went down.
Does anyone remember Nixon, Ms. Woods, and several minutes of tape?
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