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FL: Is John Thrasher brave enough to thwart campus guns?
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Now Thrasher is the president of FSU, and his GOP former colleagues in the Legislature are back at it: The House Criminal Justice Subcommittee has approved a new campus carry bill and the Senate is working on its own version. Given that pro-NRA conservatives control nearly two-thirds of both houses, that bill could sail to Scott’s desk once the main legislative session opens in March.
That is, unless Thrasher repeats his act of courage. "I’m a Second Amendment person, I believe in the Second Amendment. I’ve supported gun rights," he told reporters. "But just like in the First Amendment, there are exceptions. When it comes to guns on campus, the consequences far outweigh the positives." |
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hisself
(1/29/2015)
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| There are NO exceptions to the limitations on government expressed in the First and Second Amendments. Any laws to the contrary merely invalidate the contract. |
| Comment by:
neilevan
(1/29/2015)
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What make anyone think that there AREN'T guns on campus every day? Are there metal detectors guarding every door to every campus building?
When I was a college student back in Kalifornia, so many decades ago, I carried every day. If I had been so unfortunate to have had to use my side-arm I would have trusted a jury of my peers to decide that my self-defense trumped the stupid laws that would have left me and/or my classmates bleeding victims.
The question is, Florida, will there be /enough/ guns on our campuses today to stop a madman (or group) bent on mayhem? I can only hope there will be.
"When guns are outlawed, I will be an outlaw." |
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