Rifle giveaway closes Second Amendment Week at OSU(OR)

The week-long observance of "Second Amendment Week" at Oregon State University culminates today with a drawing for an AR-15 rifle and accessories.

The annual observance is hosted by the College Republicans of OSU. The winner of the rifle will have to pass a background check, be at least 18 years old, have no felony convictions, be a legal resident of the State of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, or Nevada or must prove residency within 90 days.

The College Republicans will have a booth set up on the quad outside the Memorial Union, under a tent. Interested, eligible persons can stop by to put in their names for the rifle drawing.

Radio talk show host Lars Larson will broadcast Friday from the location, from noon until 6 p.m. The drawing for the rifle will be sometime between 5 and 6 p.m., according to David Del Moro, the president of the College Republicans.

I recently graduated from OSU. Imagine - someone with my ideology! And my instructors never blinked an eye.

Extremely accepting school, interested in critical thought and well developed commentary regardless of point-of-view. No indoctrination attempted. One teacher even appreciated my bumper sticker that said, “Caution: Dangerous Constitutionalist On-Board”; and another showed only mock indignation and didn’t grade me down for “accidentally” referring to the Hildabeast as Hitlery.

I can tell you another thing, I was not alone.... many of the students that I encountered shared my, or at least similar, freedom, patriotic, anti-idiot point-of-view.

Near the end of my time there, multiple professors nominated me for one of OSU’s top honors, and I can promise you I did not try and conceal my political views in any way. I suspect it has more to do with my ability to substantiate my point of view than some prof’s preferred political party.

I was concerned going in with all the rhetoric about liberal colleges, indoctrination, and pie-eyed liberal professors - but this was not the case. Far from it. I think allot of that kind of huey is projected by people who have not been near a college campus in years, but have their opinion, and they damn well are going to share it regardless of how much it is, or isn’t supported in fact.

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