UT Students to Protest Ban of Handguns on Campus

[ZenDog]

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UT Students to Protest Ban of Handguns on Campus

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Email: smyers@myeyewitnessnews.com

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Some University of Tennessee students plan to protest state laws and university policies that bar handguns on campus.

The students say they will wear empty gun holsters, beginning Monday, April 21, 2008.

UT senior student Nathan Robinson said it would be part of a nationwide protest by a group called Students for Concealed Carry on Campus.

Robinson said the weeklong protest would be limited to wearing holsters, wearing T-shirts and passing out fliers.

State lawmakers recently voted down a bill that would have allowed faculty and staff members to carry handguns on state college campuses if they had valid permits.

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Information from: The Knoxville News Sentinel, http://www.knoxnews.com

[saintsfanbrian]

Good on ya. How about doing this at U of M?

[Guest GLOCKGUY]

i know 5 guys that are going to wear their holsters at Chattanooga state this week

[strickj]

A similar story aired on the national news a couple of days ago,and of coarse the anti's had there bad "facts" about how horrible it will be for a bunch of drunk 18 year olds carrying guns around campus.

You ever feel like putting a hard,fast,metal object in you tv just so you dont have to hear BS anymore.

[bteague2]

Biggest load of BS ever. I can't believe I had to find out about this from the newspaper AFTER I got home from class. This Robinson guy dropped the ball big time...

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[Guest TNDixieGirl]

Looks like you still have 4 days left to join them.

http://concealedcampus.org/

Edited April 21, 2008 by TNDixieGirl

[bteague2]

If there not going to put any effort into it, I'm sure as hell not going to be joining them. I sent the guy in the article a wtf email.

[Guest TNDixieGirl]

Why? It's there plain as day on their website for anyone to see.

[BrandonTN]

If there not going to put any effort into it, I'm sure as hell not going to be joining them. I sent the guy in the article a wtf email.

Are you a member of SCCC's Facebook group? There is a heck of a lot of effort going into these protests! Are you helping putting flyers up? Just as quick as they get put up, the Anti's are ripping them down. There are a ton of TV and radio interviews posted there as well as hosted on YouTube. SCCC is getting national air time and we gained over 1000 members in a day this week. Just a bit shy of 30k members, which we should hit by this weekend.

Here is the news piece from ABC Nightline

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[bteague2]

Are you a member of SCCC's Facebook group? There is a heck of a lot of effort going into these protests! Are you helping putting flyers up? Just as quick as they get put up, the Anti's are ripping them down. There are a ton of TV and radio interviews posted there as well as hosted on YouTube. SCCC is getting national air time and we gained over 1000 members in a day this week. Just a bit shy of 30k members, which we should hit by this weekend.

Here is the news piece from ABC Nightline

I was, our campus rep was an idiot, a non TN resident, didn't know anything about guns from what I could tell by talking to her. So I left and with a group of friends and cadets from the Army/Air Force ROTC we got the Shooting Club reactivated here. So yeah I'm doing things, and that's why I was mad when there was nothing going on at school today, no emails nothing, and I had to find out about it through the News Sentinel article...

[BrandonTN]

I was, our campus rep was an idiot, a non TN resident, didn't know anything about guns from what I could tell by talking to her. So I left and with a group of friends and cadets from the Army/Air Force ROTC we got the Shooting Club reactivated here. So yeah I'm doing things, and that's why I was mad when there was nothing going on at school today, no emails nothing, and I had to find out about it through the News Sentinel article...

Talk to Scott Lewis or one of the other admins and have them bump her as a campus leader and then you or one of your buddies take over that position. They want leaders who are going to be active on campus...FWIW, the protest has been advertised on SCCC's website and the Facebook group since at least the beginning of the year.

[Mike.357]

BT, be a man and put your anger aside, wear the holster dude.

Have you volunteered to assist the campus rep? Have you contacted her "boss" and offered to help?

Just saying...

oops missed Brandon's post, do what he says lol

[Guest TNDixieGirl]

So yeah I'm doing things, and that's why I was mad when there was nothing going on at school today, no emails nothing, and I had to find out about it through the News Sentinel article...

You didn't have to find out about it through the news. You could check out their website occasionally and keep up with their scheduled events. I'm not even a student and I check out their website to get updates on their progress. Get over it already and join them.

[bteague2]

BT, be a man and put your anger aside, wear the holster dude.

Have you volunteered to assist the campus rep? Have you contacted her "boss" and offered to help?

Just saying...

oops missed Brandon's post, do what he says lol

After exchanging some emails with the guy, he found out last minute and did what he could so I calmed down (significantly) and offered to help and told him what resources and contacts I have. Hopefully Thursday or Friday you guys will have something to read or see.

[Mike.357]

way to go BT, maybe someday the libtards will see the light. But without what you all do now it will never ever happen.

[Guest Medic908]

Coverage on the local CBS affiliate (Volunteer TV Channel 8) - feel free to cast your vote on the poll...

http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/17978764.html?pollSubmit=y&submit=submit&oid=1&mr=1&cid=6500&pid=17978924

[BrandonTN]

way to go BT, maybe someday the libtards will see the light. But without what you all do now it will never ever happen.

As much as I hate to admit it, quite a few SCCC members are liberals. Its a good assumption to make that all liberals are against guns, but its not always the case.

[Guest TNDixieGirl]

Good for you bt!!!

[Tobashadow]

What i didnt like is that the article in the new sentinel is going to make it harder on us non college people now.

Did you notice them pointing it out as a concealed carry permit over and over and over in it.

That seems to be the main problem with not understanding the law and lead to problems like at wal-mart last year.