<p>So the NRA (well, actually, "Students for Concealed Carry") is suing the regents of the University of Colorado to lift its campus gun ban.</p>
<p>Brady</a> Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence : Media</p>
<p>Is anyone else thinking, when I send my kids packing, concealed carry isn't exactly what I had in mind?</p>
<p>I would never send my child to a school where concealed weapons are present. The NRA should stay out of the business of colleges.</p>
<p>Guns should definitely be carried in places where people regularly get drunk to excess. Yes, that will end well. </p>
<p>Anything to do with the NRA just makes me want to bang my head repeatedly against the wall.
Oy.</p>
<p>Hmm. I’m fine with having some sort of gun control policy on campus, but this isn’t a K-12 setting, and I don’t agree with a total firearm ban (which is what the link suggests this is - it’s not just concealed carry). Are they not allowed to have a rifle or pistol team because of this policy? After all, it appears to be not even just a ban on owning guns on campus, but on guns being on campus at all. Colorado is an outdoorsy state - what about students who hunt? Is there an exception for the campus police? If they don’t want guns in the dorms, why can’t they have a campus storage facility? And what is this “and other dangerous weapons” - are they also not allowed to carry knives?</p>
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Why did you post this with an incorrect and misleading title stating “NRA Sues…”. It’s not the NRA suing the U of Colorado.</p>
<p>Given the NRA’s aggressive gun-lobbying activities, I’d be very surprised if it was not a financial supporter of the suit, or if it didn’t file a friend of the court brief.</p>
<p>^^ I don’t know if they do or not but it was still incorrect and presumptuous to state that the NRA is suing…</p>
<p>From the article:</p>
<p>“Jonathan Lowy, Director of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence’s Legal Action Project, commented, “Our young people face enough challenges without having to face an influx of guns on campus.”</p>
<p>An influx? I think that is an exaggeration, made on purpose to be inflammatory. I highly doubt there would be an “influx”. I view the rampant alcohol abuse on almost every campus to be much more of a threat.</p>
<p>Times have sure changed</p>
<p>When I was in High School we had our hunting rifles in the car ready to go hunting when school was out. No one does that anymore.</p>
<p>However we would never even considered taking them in the school and I see no point in having a gun at college though.</p>
<p>Guns + alcohol + teenagers. A very bad idea.</p>
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<p>You’re right. I succumbed to a desire to be terse and a little inflammatory, to stir the pot. “NRA” has more name recognition than “Students for Concealed Carry”.</p>
<p>I did immediately correct the title in my first post. But if anyone thinks it defames the NRA to associate them with this lawsuit, feel free to ask the moderator to remove the thread. I won’t come gunning for anyone.</p>
<p>The NRA is not defamed by this, but probably loves the publicity.</p>