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Liberty University Opens New Gun Range for Students
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| Tuesday, 27 Mar 2018
Posted on 03/27/2018 1:33:23 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
As schools across the nation wrestle with how to keep firearms off campus, Liberty University has opened a new gun range for students to brush up on their shooting skills.
The range, built at cost of $3.2 million, opened on Monday and is currently available only to students of the Christian school in Lynchburg, Virginia, WSET-TV reports.
But it will open to the public and law enforcement officers following commencement in May.
"What's unique about this facility is it's the only range on any college campus that has venues for all Olympic shooting sports. The rest of the world is moving away from the Second Amendment and the shooting sports," Brad Butler, a planning coordinator at Liberty, said in a recent interview.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: banglist; education; liberty; secondamendment
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To: Jim Robinson
Hillsdale College has a firing range and a rifle team for intercollegiate competition. They teach shooting sports for everyone.
To: Jim Robinson
YES! we need the firearms safety and training courses ... and competitive shooting sports, hunting where available... returned to high schools all acrosss America
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posted on
03/27/2018 2:52:47 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
To: Jim Robinson
Clear backpacks not required.
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posted on
03/27/2018 2:52:49 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Alex Jones isnÂ’t quite the wing nut now, all things considered.)
To: Jim Robinson
Love Liberty and Hillsdale College.
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posted on
03/27/2018 3:02:39 PM PDT
by
Old Yeller
(Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
To: Jim Robinson
2nd Amendment bump for later....
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posted on
03/27/2018 3:06:49 PM PDT
by
indthkr
To: grobdriver
I love going to the range with my seeing eye dog... he barks when I am on target.
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posted on
03/27/2018 3:16:33 PM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: Jim Robinson; Chode; All
Good for LU !
IMPACT THE WORLD FOR CHRIST
U.S. Legend Car Young Lions Division National Champion, 2014 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series North Carolina Rookie of the Year, and 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Champion. After setting the rookie record with seven wins driving the No. 9 Liberty University Toyota Tundra for Kyle Busch Motorsports in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2016, Byron is competing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2017 behind the wheel of JR Motorsports’ No. 9 Liberty University Chevrolet. In 2018, Byron is driving the No. 24 Liberty University Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 in the NASCAR Cup Series as a member of the legendary Hendrick Motorsports team
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posted on
03/27/2018 3:18:40 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Progress- the opposite of congress)
Wow, the one area on campus where it is nearly guaranteed to NOT have a mass shooting
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posted on
03/27/2018 3:23:24 PM PDT
by
dsrtsage
(For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
To: Jim Robinson
My Wife and I have been trying to figure out how in the world we are going to pay for our kids’ college.
Our oldest (of 3) is starting this fall.
It’s probably not going to be any less painful to pay for, but we are more certain with stories such as this, that she’s going to the right place this fall: Liberty U !!
Go Flames!
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posted on
03/27/2018 3:25:44 PM PDT
by
um1990
(Under attack from within. We must fight on.)
To: dsrtsage
Keep reading the story :-) Liberty also allows firearms in Dorm rooms. Will probably be the safest educational institution in the Country!
My oldest starts there in the Fall... It is going to be a very tough transition for us, but I feel better about the situation.
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posted on
03/27/2018 3:31:09 PM PDT
by
um1990
(Under attack from within. We must fight on.)
To: Jim Robinson
What do you call it when the existence of a single institution prevents it’s own name from becoming the most entirely oxymoronic term of the day?
Liberty University - advanced degrees, high velocities, and the pinnacle of Oxyironies.
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posted on
03/27/2018 3:46:19 PM PDT
by
BuddhaBrown
(Path to enlightenment: Four right turns, then go straight until you see the Light!)
To: mabarker1
$3.2
MILLION!!! damn... one hell of a nice range
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posted on
03/27/2018 3:55:20 PM PDT
by
Chode
(You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
To: Chode
My “range” constist of a 20 year old picnic table, a 4x4 post and paper targets. Grand total = $5.00.
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posted on
03/27/2018 3:59:07 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
To: central_va
all it takes... course it’d be nice to be inside in winter and raining
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posted on
03/27/2018 4:07:19 PM PDT
by
Chode
(You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
To: Chode
Big for Longguns Olyimpic training.
Plus all the Lead hazards Crap, Air filters, etc. gotta meet osha Crap.
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posted on
03/27/2018 4:16:27 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Progress- the opposite of congress)
To: Jim Robinson
Does anyone know if the rifle range has benches? If so how many? Looking for another range to hold NBRSA benchrest matches.
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posted on
03/27/2018 4:21:12 PM PDT
by
6ppc
(It's torch and pitchfork time)
To: teeman8r
he barks when I am on target Pretty talented dog, on the spotting scope.
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posted on
03/27/2018 4:22:34 PM PDT
by
grobdriver
(BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
To: 21twelve
“”For heaven’s sake, for the third time - it’s meatloaf!””
That’s funny - and believable!!!!
To: Jim Robinson
3.2 million dollars ?!
WHAT ?!
Are they handing out guns too ? like, SCARs ? Turnbull TAR10s ?
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posted on
03/27/2018 4:31:02 PM PDT
by
Celerity
To: Tijeras_Slim
“”I work at a shooting range, and around many older shooters. They’re all as deaf as a post. I know exactly what you mean.””
And that’s in spite of wearing ear protection for years. Same with “old pilots” who sit around the hangars and tell the same stories over and over. No one has heard a thing but they all act as if they did! You can barely hear a word that’s said anyway with the air traffic - another factor adding to the “hearing” problem....
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