like everywhere else CCW holders are allowed to carry

MOVE!!!. Yesterday would be fine.

It was already true that anyone around her might have had a gun. While it's true that the total number of guns may go up under the new rules, the greatest rise will be in the number of legit guns. Logically, her worries should ease. But if she is still that worried, then I think the answer to her question is yes. Take responsibility for your own protection.

The police do not have any obligation to protect any specific individual, only the public at large. This from the 2005 SCOTUS decision of Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales.

Taking responsibility for your own protection has not only been prudent, but necessary. Though I wouldn't so much be concerned for trained and lawful gun owners, even college students, as much as the number of muggers and rapists on the street. However, if a student becomes overly emotional during a classroom debate or an office visit over grades, the ability to verbally deescalate a situation is not only a valuable skill to have on a college campus, but for life.

Too many people predict that an influx of guns will result in blood flowing in the streets. The objective evidence to date has yet to prove that assertion. Gun free zones are target rich environments of soft targets. Don't "feel" safe, but take actions to be safe. Have a plan to do so. I don't care if you're black. I don't care if you're female. I don't care if you're an academic. None has any bearing upon your personal responsibility to take care of yourself.

Get trained on how to handle a firearm safely and properly. Get a firearm that you are capable of shooting, and continue to practice and get comfortable with it. Know how to approach someone that isn't handling their firearm in a responsible manner.

the right conclusion -- if she doesn't know what her own response would be to ambiguous situations and doesn't feel she could live with her actions, she shouldn't carry. It would be interesting to know if she ends up at least taking a class or two.

Don't worry about all that other BS, that's just unfounded fear talking.


Carry on...

Ultimately she - and all other individuals - must find this answer for herself. If she decides that she should, then I am quite happy that she will be able to do so without the state throwing up arbitrary and capricious roadblocks to her rights as law-abiding citizen to do so.

If she decides she should get a gun, I would urge her to approach that decision seriously and to get proper safety training classes by a certified instructor - and to make it a habit to shoot regularly to maintain her awareness. If she decides to carry a firearm, then I would hope that she would further her training by taking advanced level training courses - and to practice those additional learned skills so that they become habit.

I know that over the last 15 years that the numbers of minorities - and women - who are seeking permits and training have been visibly increasing and in the last recertification class for my CHL that over half of those seeking an initial permit about 1/3rd were women, and all but of them most were AA or Hispanic.

In other words, it will be like every other day in her life, past, present and future.



Threatening with a gun, regardless of the legality of the person carrying it, remains illegal. The patronizing aside attitude towards legal adults remains disgusting.

Plus all of the thousands of armed on and off-duty law enforcement officers.

These people are already all around you.

http://www.legallyarmed.com/ccw_statistics.htm

Correct? So many hundreds of thousands more who aren't registered.

CCW requires one to be 21 or older. That rules out 7/8 of traditional students.
Does she fear an armed staff and faculty that much?

If a person is going to have a discussion with a student half the size that may end up in a "screaming match" and she is unsure if she would brandish a firearm during that conversation I do not believe she has the proper temperament to carry a firearm.

We should be sure a person has the "proper temperament" before they are allowed to carry a firearm in public.

And how would you enforce? Perhaps a stop and frisk approach?

I wouldn't want someone so unfamiliar with their own self and their own reactions teaching my kids.

I have never had an encounter that even came close to violence.