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rebeccmeisterHere's text from an e-mail going around among grad students at ASU:
The Arizona State Legislature is about to vote on the Concealed Weapons Bill!
Senate Bill 1214 concealed weapons; school grounds
would allow a person with a valid concealed carry weapons (CCW) permit to possess a concealed firearm on the grounds of a community college or university.
Currently, the bill has passed the the judiciary committee and both caucuses in the Senate. It is now awaiting a full vote in the Senate. Once it passes the Senate, it will go to the House! If it passes the House, then it will be sent up to the Governor for her to sign! We need graduate students to help spread the word that this bill is not good for Arizona Colleges and Universities!!
Please join us in contacting your legislators and let them know that Arizona Students DO NOT support Senate Bill 1214!!!!
If you need help finding your legislator or need the contact information of your legislator, click on the link below: http://www.azleg.gov/alisStaticPages/HowToContactMember.asp
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This bill frightens me. After the recent shootings on the U of Illinois campus, I've spent a lot of time thinking about safety on campus, and about what I would do if such a thing were to happen at ASU. I definitely think that more guns are not the correct answer--they just create the potential for escalation. Instead, what we really need are much better social support systems (i.e. a way to actually address concerns about mental/emotional problems instead of just documenting their existence), and at the very most we need better self-defense training/preparation. NOT more guns. The whole thing has gotten to the point where I've considered leading a discussion in my lab sections about safety and community--because if I don't talk about it with my students, who will? Who will they go to when they really, desperately need help? Enormous, anonymous campuses are what really create the potential for such disasters, in the same way that anonymity in large cities can promote violence.
The Arizona State Legislature is about to vote on the Concealed Weapons Bill!
Senate Bill 1214 concealed weapons; school grounds
would allow a person with a valid concealed carry weapons (CCW) permit to possess a concealed firearm on the grounds of a community college or university.
Currently, the bill has passed the the judiciary committee and both caucuses in the Senate. It is now awaiting a full vote in the Senate. Once it passes the Senate, it will go to the House! If it passes the House, then it will be sent up to the Governor for her to sign! We need graduate students to help spread the word that this bill is not good for Arizona Colleges and Universities!!
Please join us in contacting your legislators and let them know that Arizona Students DO NOT support Senate Bill 1214!!!!
If you need help finding your legislator or need the contact information of your legislator, click on the link below: http://www.azleg.gov/alisStaticPages/HowToContactMember.asp
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This bill frightens me. After the recent shootings on the U of Illinois campus, I've spent a lot of time thinking about safety on campus, and about what I would do if such a thing were to happen at ASU. I definitely think that more guns are not the correct answer--they just create the potential for escalation. Instead, what we really need are much better social support systems (i.e. a way to actually address concerns about mental/emotional problems instead of just documenting their existence), and at the very most we need better self-defense training/preparation. NOT more guns. The whole thing has gotten to the point where I've considered leading a discussion in my lab sections about safety and community--because if I don't talk about it with my students, who will? Who will they go to when they really, desperately need help? Enormous, anonymous campuses are what really create the potential for such disasters, in the same way that anonymity in large cities can promote violence.
Ugh. You are a fool!
Date: 2008-03-30 03:31 am (UTC)Re: Ugh. You are a fool!
Date: 2008-03-30 05:16 am (UTC)Talk about sheep. "Let's all carry guns, we'll be so much safer!! The NRA says so! Baaa! Baaaa!"
I'm generally all for gun rights. But I feel lines need to be drawn, and stuff like this is poorly thought-out. Just like the the national park gun ban repeal bill. Apparently national parks are just crawling with criminals, and it's too much to ask that people unload and store their guns before entering a national park.