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CaseyJones
04-09-2013, 09:41 AM
http://onwardstate.com/2013/04/09/nittany-lions-for-concealed-carry-will-holster-up-this-week/


If you see anyone wearing a holster around campus this week, don’t be alarmed. As a part of a national movement, Penn State students who support carrying concealed weapons on campus will be wearing these empty holsters all week to protest the campus ban on concealed weapons.

The national organization, known as Students for Concealed Carry (SCC), consists of “more than 43,000 college students, professors, college employees, parents of college students, and concerned citizens who believe that holders of state-issued concealed handgun licenses should be allowed the same measure of personal protection on college campuses that current laws afford them virtually everywhere else” according to their website http://concealedcampus.org/ . The organization was formed after the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007.

Alex Dawes, leader of the SCC on campus, supports the movement because it’s “something that helps raise awareness. These colleges don’t allow students who are attending to protect themselves and these empty holsters are a sign that we’ve been stripped of our rights.”

more at link ^

I<3Liberty
06-17-2013, 09:46 PM
Mmkay, so I just saw this thread.

Some updates with more clarifications regarding the reasons concealed weapons were banned. While I don't think a ban was constitutional, I can see where concealed weapons would be unnecessary.

Collegian article http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2013/04/09/No_Guns_on_Campus_protest.aspx

phill4paul
06-17-2013, 10:01 PM
If there is not a gun in the holster then you are missing the point. Entirely.

I<3Liberty
06-17-2013, 10:07 PM
^ Concealed carry was banned on campus, so the point of going empty was to peacefully protest and raise awareness of stripping away second amendment rights.

phill4paul
06-17-2013, 10:13 PM
^ Concealed carry was banned on campus, so the point of going empty was to peacefully protest and raise awareness of stripping away second amendment rights.

So open carried is allowed? "Shall not be infringed.........."

Philhelm
06-17-2013, 10:24 PM
http://www.45caliberjustice.com/2011/11/pedo-state.html

Occam's Banana
06-17-2013, 10:25 PM
If there is not a gun in the holster then you are missing the point. Entirely.

Shall we call it ... "civil obedience" ... ??

phill4paul
06-17-2013, 10:33 PM
Shall we call it ... "civil obedience" ... ??

Seems so.

I<3Liberty
06-17-2013, 10:49 PM
http://www.45caliberjustice.com/2011/11/pedo-state.html

Calling PSU that is like saying all Catholics are creepers just because of one messed up person and a few people that failed to properly report the abuse. Yes, Sandusky was a sick creep, but the university most definitely is not.

James Madison
06-17-2013, 10:51 PM
Calling PSU that is like saying all Catholics are creepers just because of one messed up person and a few people that failed to properly report the abuse. Yes, Sandusky was a sick creep, but the university most definitely is not.

Indeed. Seems mighty collectivist to lump an entire University in with a few sickos.