New Hampshire Lawmakers Prepare to Debate Campus Carry Bill
“Brown had a school policy that disarmed their students, and that policy – it can be blamed for leaving those kids as defenseless victims inside of that room”
This is in response to what happened at Brown. What part of ‘live free or die’ do Democrats not get?
WMUR reports:
Lawmakers prepare for fight over ‘campus carry’ gun bill
The mass shooting on the campus of Brown University is underscoring a debate looming at the state house this year.
House Bill 1793 would prohibit public colleges and universities from regulating the possession or carrying of firearms and non-lethal weapons on campus.
“Brown had a school policy that disarmed their students, and that policy – it can be blamed for leaving those kids as defenseless victims inside of that room,” Rep. Sam Farrington (R), Rochester, said.
Farrington, a UNH Senior, says he and his fellow students should be able to fully exercise their rights.
“Right now, when bureaucrats at UNH or Plymouth State or Keene State colleges are funded by taxpayer dollars, when they restrict the Second Amendment rights of college students, that’s an overstep of authority.”
Democrats strongly oppose the bill, saying it will overburden New Hampshire’s university and community college systems.
“They’re going to lose students, they’re going to have to pay more to harden the campus, they’re going to have to hire more security officers — and their operating money for all three campuses will go up,” Rep. Wayne Burton (D), Durham, said.
Burton, a retired college administrator and combat veteran of the Vietnam War, says more guns will make campuses less safe.
“You have not seen bodies that have been shot – I have killed people in Vietnam with a 50 caliber machine gun,” Burton said. “I carried a .45 caliber pistol, and when the bullets start flying, you cannot control what happens.”
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I would sooner die with a weapon in my hand than with my hands up surrendering to an armed predator
New Hampshire has a big mouth for muh freedom, but whenever it comes to putting its money there they squish. They always do.
Just allow anyone with a permit to carry on campus – ALL campuses. (Shouldn’t that be ‘campi’?) A private school could ban them (as can any private property owner), but the gov’t can’t.
I don’t know about thousands of armed 19 year olds in an educative setting. Perhaps if only concealed carry was permitted.