Can look at Hillsdale College as well..........
Hillsdale College students may soon have a place to store and shoot their firearms.
About 72 acres of land, roughly three miles south of campus on Bankers Road will open as a shooting range this fall, Hillsdale College officials said this week. The range will open initially without frills, though building storage areas for firearms is part of the long-term vision for the range.
It is against school policy for students to keep guns in their dorms.
Vice President of Administration Rich Péwé said he already has heard sharp interest from student, faculty and community members, eager for the new option to hone their shooting skills.
“We probably can’t [finish the range] fast enough,” he said.
The first phase of the shooting range, anticipated to debut in September, will include temporary traps at the range site with 100-target capacity and the resources necessary for some physical education classes on target shooting.
Péwé said the college also plans to purchase ammunition, targets, safety equipment and several shotguns to start Hillsdale College’s shooting program.
The college still needs to hire a part-time supervisor to maintain the grounds and oversee programs and equipment, Péwé said.
He said the college also plans to hire a part-time certified instructor to teach an introductory course on stance, sighting and trigger control. Students will be able to receive physical education for taking the course once the instructor develops and receives approval for the course curriculum.
The original land purchase was funded in part by the college’s Roland Ebersole endowment, which promotes Second Amendment rights.
But as my Dad often said when he was still with us, God always provides what he knows we really need, which is not always what we think we need.
Enough of these schools and campus shooters will think twice. Other campus crime will also decrease.