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Gun Control & RKBA

petronius

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19. To the extent that free speech was curtailed, it was done by people sending

Reply to stone space (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2015, 04:02 PM

Mar 2015

anonymous death threats (and the response thereto). The conclusion reached by this op-ed writer--that we have a "clear example(s) of how laws allowing concealed weapons on a college campus can thwart academic freedom and First Amendment rights to free speech"--is an example of piggy-backing one issue on another, a non sequitur IOW...

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Guns on Campus Have Already Curtailed Free Speech [View all] stone space Mar 2015 OP

Absolute truth. louis-t Mar 2015 #1

*No* college can guarantee that it's gun-free unless it uses airport-style security friendly_iconoclast Mar 2015 #2

What's stopping people from bringing guns into where you work? friendly_iconoclast Mar 2015 #4

Who was the expected audience of the speech? ManiacJoe Mar 2015 #3

Yeah but if she wanted to defend herself you'd have her arrested. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #5

+1 NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #11

It did at "Gun Free" NIU in 2008 DonP Mar 2015 #6

did she report it to the authorities? gejohnston Mar 2015 #7

Absent a security checkpoint, a person attempting to commit premeditated murder... krispos42 Mar 2015 #8

Victim blaming. stone space Mar 2015 #10

Plenty of academic speaking events have been cancelled without guns ever being a factor. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #12

We're talking about terrorism, not being disinvited. (nt) stone space Mar 2015 #14

Terrorism? Are you sure? Because terrorism is a crime. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #16

So I'm wrong? N/t krispos42 Mar 2015 #13

naww, gejohnston Mar 2015 #17

so she should have martyred herself to make the next slaughter less likely? Doctor_J Mar 2015 #18

Should it be standard policy to cancel when this happens? krispos42 Mar 2015 #21

It should be standard policy to track down the culprits and prosecute them as terrorists Doctor_J Mar 2015 #22

So all it would have taken was to tell carriers sarisataka Mar 2015 #9

Yes, it's been proven an effective deterrent in Chicago and D.C. NaturalHigh Mar 2015 #15

To the extent that free speech was curtailed, it was done by people sending petronius Mar 2015 #19

she shouldn't be so paranoid. ileus Mar 2015 #20

jeez, what happened to hoary old bomb threats? Eleanors38 Mar 2015 #23