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45. How, exactly, do you know what professors have done in their class in colleges where this is legal?

Reply to GGJohn (Reply #15)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 07:42 AM

Feb 2016

I'm curious.

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Georgia state House votes to allow guns on public college campuses [View all] Judi Lynn Feb 2016 OP

I left Georgia after living there for 90% of my life so far with no regrets. nt onehandle Feb 2016 #1

Where'd ya go The Traveler Feb 2016 #2

Philadelphia. onehandle Feb 2016 #4

The onion rings and fried pies aren't nearly as good after changing to healthier oil. Hoyt Feb 2016 #20

You arteries are probably better off that way The Traveler Feb 2016 #38

i predict that the same thing will happen at Georgia's public colleges GGJohn Feb 2016 #3

Right...except for a diminishing of academic freedom. a la izquierda Feb 2016 #6

Yet, none of this has happened at other state colleges that allow for CC. GGJohn Feb 2016 #15

How, exactly, do you know what professors have done in their class in colleges where this is legal? a la izquierda Feb 2016 #45

That is their own cowardice as educators... TipTok Feb 2016 #71

Yeah, that's exactly what it is. a la izquierda Feb 2016 #72

Maybe that's your problem... TipTok Feb 2016 #73

How many mass shootings has gunfuckery prevented on campuses? onehandle Feb 2016 #7

Carry by the staff and faculty is voluntary, most chose not. ManiacJoe Feb 2016 #14

How many of those campuses we gun free zones? GGJohn Feb 2016 #16

Decades since Heller? onehandle Feb 2016 #31

Well pardner, you just keep believing that, GGJohn Feb 2016 #33

None, but I hear the racist frat boys, and ignorant parents, feel so much safer with their gunz. Hoyt Feb 2016 #22

LOL, because you're so believable. eom. GGJohn Feb 2016 #27

BET CAMPUS POLICE DON'T FEEL SAFER, LOL! cynzke Feb 2016 #34

No joke. I doubt any feels safer but the sicko gun fanciers. And I'm not sure safety Hoyt Feb 2016 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author ManiacJoe Feb 2016 #68

Faculty and staff are not usually the trouble makers, armed or not. ManiacJoe Feb 2016 #69

Georgia, another flyover state. I know truckers that eat and tank up on either side of Georgia so RKP5637 Feb 2016 #5

Does the Second Amendment stop at the edge of the Georgia Statehouse, though? LonePirate Feb 2016 #8

I kind of think that it does.... daleanime Feb 2016 #28

This is a shame... monicaangela Feb 2016 #9

are guns allowed in the Georgia legislature? If not, why not? nt antigop Feb 2016 #10

Nope, they know how sick the people who tote in public really are. Hoyt Feb 2016 #23

Also in Georgia: monicaangela Feb 2016 #11

gun humping cowards have won Skittles Feb 2016 #12

That's gonna work out well... Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #13

Well, it sure hasn't been a problem in the other states that allow for CC on thier GGJohn Feb 2016 #18

Something bad will come of it, gun's track record. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #19

I keep hearing that, yet nothing has happened, and I suspect nothing will happen. eom. GGJohn Feb 2016 #21

OMG, just read the news on gun violence in this country, it's everywhere! Guns always turn out bad. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #55

GGJohn is correct- I suggest statistics instead of anecdotal evidence: friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 #57

Those stats are amazing... Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #58

Violent crime and murder rates are at the lowest in decades. What's not to like? friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 #59

The gun toters are paranoid, that's why they carry guns. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #60

Facts not in evidence, GGJohn Feb 2016 #62

And yet, they seem disinclined to shoot up campuses- a fact you seem ...reluctant... to acknowledge friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 #64

It's not everywhere, quit being so melodramatic. GGJohn Feb 2016 #61

Until somebody steals them from you and uses them in a crime. That happens in reality. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #63

Yes, it does. And then *the person that commits the crime* is held (or should be held) responsible friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 #65

Maybe you missed the part where I said they are in a safe? GGJohn Feb 2016 #66

Like I said, the gun toters are the paranoid ones, that's why they carry guns, fear and terror! Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #70

Well thank you Dr. Freud for the internet psychological evaluation. GGJohn Feb 2016 #74

My finance administrator will send you the bill. Thank you. Same time next week? Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #75

Naw, GGJohn Feb 2016 #76

Try Dr William Settles... Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #77

It demeans higher education for one thing. Hoyt Feb 2016 #24

Only in your mind. eom. GGJohn Feb 2016 #26

You wouldn't understand. Hoyt Feb 2016 #41

Don't fool yourself Hoyt, GGJohn Feb 2016 #48

Nope, you are smitten by gunz and all that goes with it. Hoyt Feb 2016 #49

Apparentlyt you have a reading comprehension problem, or a truth problem, GGJohn Feb 2016 #50

Do people really fear an armed staff and faculty? ManiacJoe Feb 2016 #17

Do the staff and faculty really fear the students? Orrex Feb 2016 #25

It would seem not, since most faculty and staff choose not to carry. ManiacJoe Feb 2016 #29

Yeah, I do. I happen to like gun free zones. rusty quoin Feb 2016 #30

If the Bad Guys would only cooperate.... ManiacJoe Feb 2016 #36

You have a point... rusty quoin Feb 2016 #37

Oh, goody! Soon maybe we will ALL live... dchill Feb 2016 #32

Because Georgia doesn't give a fuck about its citizens. nt valerief Feb 2016 #35

It's as low as a culture can get, allowing monsters to swagger around with guns, threatening people. Judi Lynn Feb 2016 #39

How are they threatening people if the guns are concealed? hack89 Feb 2016 #46

All of these "guns on campus" bills/laws make me wonder kentauros Feb 2016 #42

Clearly a not-so-subtle form of intimidation of the elitist intellectuals and their lofty 'thoughts' brett_jv Feb 2016 #43

You talk jus' like one of 'em! kentauros Feb 2016 #44

Huh TeddyR Feb 2016 #47

The Georgia Legislature supports racism. Gunz in one's pants and racism are closely related. Hoyt Feb 2016 #51

... GGJohn Feb 2016 #52

Where do they store the guns when they go to their dorms, sororities or fraternities? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 2016 #53

Most colleges that allow for CC do provide secure lockers for firearms, GGJohn Feb 2016 #54

The vast majority of the students are prohibited from carrying. ManiacJoe Feb 2016 #67

How 'Bout Them Dawgs!!!1111 jpak Feb 2016 #56