Thank you for correcting the editor’s note. As it stood, the editor’s use of “legal or other disciplinary actions” is misleading in that it suggested legal sanctions in addition to disciplinary sanctions.

As you correctly clarify, the only possible sanction is with regard to students, and that is limited to disciplinary sanctions (e.g., expulsion) but NOT legal sanctions.

Mr. Roshek, along with every law-abiding gun owner and carrier, is simply concerned with ensuring that there is clarity and precision when folks discuss important fundamental rights, such as the right to self-defense, and laws and rules which merely regulate or outright ban them. Too often, those who oppose the fundamental right to self-defense use imprecise information from a variety of sources to further their agenda. We do not want to see your editor’s note abused in such a way.

Thanks again for your attention, and your publication’s coverage of the issue.

However having law abiding citizens armed acts as a deterrent because it makes criminals stop and wonder before they try to rape rob or murder… most criminals do not want to get hurt themselves.

Many people think that allowing CPL holders to carry on college campus’ is going to be a bad thing because they believe it will lead to more violence. Some people think that the only people that attend college are 18-21 year olds with partying on their minds, and that they are going to be the one’s carrying to school if this Bill passes. That is not the case. I’m sure most of those students (18-21 partiers) would rather spend the $200-$1000 it cost to get a CPL, ammo, gun, and holster on other things at that time of their life. The people that would be carrying (lawfully) on campus’ would probably be between the ages of 25+, much more mature, and take the responsibility carrying a firearm seriously.

The fact is if you look at incidents like VA Tech and other school shootings, they don’t allow firearms on their property yet these criminals still bring them onto campus’ and cause mayhem.

If students with CPL’s were allowed to carry on campus’ criminals would be less likely to commit such horrible acts. One of the reasons people choose places like malls, schools, businesses, army bases, and churches for mass shootings is because they know that other people will not be carrying guns. Look how long the shooter at VA Tech was able to go around armed killing people. Had they allowed CPL holders to carry on campus this (a)might not have even happened, or (b) less people might have died that day had a CPL been able to stop the shooter.

I commend this man for speaking on behalf gun owners, and gun owners that go school and are just trying to better their life. We have the RIGHT to protect ourselves, and by passing this Bill all you are doing is leveling the playing field and giving the law abiding citizens of this state a chance to live a happy, and productive life by not allowing them to victimized by criminals that are going to ignore the law and carry on campus’ anyway.

The best indicator of how those in authority view you is how they view your right to exercise preparedness for self-defense. If they view you as children not to be trusted, do they deserve your money spent at their campus or your vote for them at the ballot box?