For some idiots, there just aren't enough guns on university campuses

The Manchester Guardian ^ | January 15, 2014 | Professor Diane Roberts

[2ndDivisionVet]

American universities are places of art and music, gleaming labs and fine old buildings, famous libraries and fancy football stadiums, old traditions and new thinking, beauty, youth and brains – about everything you could want. Except guns. Apparently, there just aren't enough guns in those ivy-covered halls.

Never fear: second amendment fundamentalists mean to correct what they see as the sad paucity of weapons on campus. In Florida, a gaggle of true believers calling themselves Florida Carry busies itself arguing that institutions of higher learning have no right to ban guns on their taxpayer-funded property. I mean, why wouldn't you want to pack heat in a class like Organic Chemistry II? Florida Carry's attack is gradual: last year they prevailed in a suit to let students at the University of North Florida stash guns in their cars; this year, they're aiming to force the University of Florida to allow its 50,000 students to keep guns in their dormitories.

Genius! Imagine: students living six to a hutch, hopped up on Red Bull, vodka, stress, lust, Adderall, Spicy Chipotle BBQ Doritos, MIA and Grand Theft Auto 5. Now add a few .38s and maybe a deer rifle or two. The stakes in those passionate late-night debates over the origin of the universe suddenly get a lot higher.

Of course, Florida is no stranger to gun controversies. George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin for walking while hoodied....

[Darteaus94025]

The rhetoric of this diatribe is over-the-top funny!

[Lurker]

I said big, not biggest. LOL.

[Ghost of SVR4]

Who still carries a .38?

Me. They are comfortable, light and reliable.

[lentulusgracchus]

"She broadcasts regularly for the BBC and National Public Radio in America, and writes for newspapers such as the Washington Post, the New York Times and the St Petersburg Times."

She really ought to get out more. Sounds like the hypoxia is starting to get to her.

[deputytess]

Where’s the barf alert? I almost lost my dinner.

[lentulusgracchus]

Oh, my. Well, how do you convince her you’re really glad to see her? ;)

[Clay Moore]

Wow, the college I went to in the early 80’s had a range in the basement of one of the buildings. I would go out to the parking lot before class, get my .22 pistol, and go shoot. No SWAT teams ever showed up or were called.

[lentulusgracchus]

Diane, you are either a liar or a moron. Which is it?

Liar. She knows better. Hell, so does everybody, even the liars who are lying about it.

[The Working Man]

And some people just can’t stop themselves from shooting their arguments in the knees.

What I read in the excerpt was ALL emotion and emotional triggers. And for me, that was enough to not read any further and just turned her right off.

[Old Yeller]

Who still carries a .38? Guess she's hooked on reruns of Andy Griffith, Dragnet and Highway Patrol.

A backup piece in the ankle holster.

[Darteaus94025]

Children Against Gun Control:

[Right Wing Assault]

Which guns are which?

[verga]

Diane, you are either a liar or a moron. Which is it?

Why pick, I tend to think she is both based on the article.

[SkyDancer]

So far it seems those that don’t believe in Gun Free Zone signs have all the guns.

[Right Wing Assault]

I’m guessing Professor Roberts’ field isn’t history.

Or logic. She's just an anti-2nd fundamentalist, though, so what can we expect?

[metalurgist]

According to "Professor" Diane Roberts it is so much more dignified and morally superior to be unarmed and murdered in a gun free zone than to be armed and fight back.

FN idiot b!tch.

[Pontiac]

American universities are places of art and music, gleaming labs and fine old buildings, famous libraries and fancy football stadiums, old traditions and new thinking, beauty, youth and brains – about everything you could want.

And being gun free zones they are also excellent hunting grounds for rapist and muggers.

[Caipirabob]

As long as there are liberals, real Americans will need guns for protection. You can never housebreaking a rabid animal.

[Farmer Dean]

I cary a Colt Detective Special in an ankle holster as a back-up.The Gold Dot loads will do a lot of damage up close.

[x1stcav]

To quote Heinlein:

‘An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.’