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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTexas university will allow guns in dorm rooms but nerf guns are strictly prohibited
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/10/15/1432991/-Texas-university-will-allow-guns-in-dorm-rooms-but-nerf-guns-are-strictly-prohibitedTexas's campus carry law will be going into effect August 1, 2016. Some people feel it will create an unsafe atmosphere. Others are basically gun crazy. Texas A & M University (TAMU) will have to reconcile some of its guidelines for the student bodyfor example, if you are allowed to have licensed concealed weapons what can't you have?
From Texas A&M's residence guidelinesyou know, dorm rules and regulations:
Projectiles
Propelling devices, such as rockets, catapults, slingshots, Nerf-type guns or any homemade device for the purpose of launching an object, are prohibited. Objects may not be thrown into or out of windows or onto or off of balconies.
Propelling devices, such as rockets, catapults, slingshots, Nerf-type guns or any homemade device for the purpose of launching an object, are prohibited. Objects may not be thrown into or out of windows or onto or off of balconies.
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Texas university will allow guns in dorm rooms but nerf guns are strictly prohibited (Original Post)
eridani
Oct 2015
OP
"We can't allow nerf guns here! You hit someone in the eye with one of those, they could go blind!"
Lancero
Oct 2015
#1
Some muppet will be along shortly to point out the Bill Of Rights doesn't mention nerf
Electric Monk
Oct 2015
#2
They're already allowed in Utah, Washington State, and Alaska. Why don't you find out?
friendly_iconoclast
Oct 2015
#5
Lancero
(3,002 posts)1. "We can't allow nerf guns here! You hit someone in the eye with one of those, they could go blind!"
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)2. Some muppet will be along shortly to point out the Bill Of Rights doesn't mention nerf
Hmm, but it does say Arms, and wouldn't a nerf gun fall into that category? They shoot projectiles.
Snobblevitch
(1,958 posts)3. I remember having
both shotguns and rifles in my dorm room, with ammunition for both, without violating any rules.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)7. Which university was this??
And where did you store them?
Snobblevitch
(1,958 posts)8. It was 30 years ago.
The were unloaded in cases in my closet.
It is still possible to have rifles and shotguns at some universities in Minnesota. There is a gun room with lockers. There are skeet shooting teams as well as hunting. I know of a school in northern Minnesota that has a fish cleaning room.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)4. Hey, what could go wrong?
Drunken teenagers with guns...yeeeehaww!
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)5. They're already allowed in Utah, Washington State, and Alaska. Why don't you find out?
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)9. So how about providing some links
that show this has happened at the states that allow for CC at their campuses.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,046 posts)6. Still against the rules to throw your gun off a balcony
So, no worries then.
Snobblevitch
(1,958 posts)10. I understand why slingshots are banned, Nerf guns, not so much.
Slingshots can be viewed as a toy. They are actually quite lethal.