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Davidson College to host panel discussion of gun rights and responsibilities
charlotteobserver ^ | Oct. 05, 2013 | Joe Marusak

Posted on 10/05/2013 6:25:19 AM PDT by mabarker1

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Here's the reply I got from the guy in charge of the panel:

Thanks very much for your note. Rest assured that multiple members of our panel are steeped in relevant factual and legal knowledge, and strong supporters of the right of individual citizens to keep and bear arms.
Unfortunately some organizations have used their websites and social media to spread a rumor during the past week that no one on our panel has those qualities. It would’ve been more responsible of them to at least contact me first for info about any panelists they don’t know, before making comments like that.
Best regards,

This is one of the more rational small colleges out there, and my daughter, a conservative Catholic at a liberal (compared to us) Presbyterian college, was treated very fairly. I therefore intend to take the college at its word until proven otherwise, so I replied as follows:

That’s exactly why I sent my Email. I saw that things were getting a little hot on Facebook and a couple of the better known general political and specifically RKBA websites, and I was trying to be a voice of reason by telling posters that I would check and get the facts.
I haven’t seen any organization spreading rumors on those particular sites, though – just a number of individuals who were concerned and expecting the worst.
With that said, RKBA advocates have not always been treated fairly in academia or government (I have personal experience of that due to my involvement in that litigation many years ago – including character assassination in the public press, veiled threats from local law enforcement, and attempts to get me fired from my employment, which went nowhere but were still unsettling to a young lawyer). Not everyone is trained in legal niceties or in the principle of being even-handed and collecting all the facts before hitting “send”. I hope you will understand that some gun-rights supporters expect the worst because they have always received the worst.
I am glad that the panel represents all sides of the issue; it is exactly what I would expect from a school of Davidson’s quality and character.
I will be pleased to spread the word to RKBA and political websites where I am a regular poster.
With best regards, and wishing your panel every success.
Yours very truly,

21 posted on 10/07/2013 3:51:50 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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