It might seem downright folly to push for Second Amendment rights on America's campus when the First Amendment is under threat, but don't tell that to a University of Nevada student who was raped at gun point on her campus in 2007. She's become an activist trying to persuade colleges to liberalize their anti-gun stances.
Have a look here:
Of course women -- and men -- are no less immune from rapes or other violence on our fair campuses.
In 2002, a gun man took refuge on Pitzer's campus.
In 2007, a CMC RA was stabbed. It was only a flesh wound, but it compounds the point.
A few years ago an empty shelling casing was found on the ground at Pitzer College and the campus flipped out, prompting a campus wide email.
Some campus feminists justify their abortion-on-demand position as a woman having the right to have her own body, but what does that right mean if she can't defend herself on campus? We allow some of our best students to be soldiers on our campuses and yet we deny them the right to have anything that looks more dangerous than a water gun in their rooms for self-defense?
Want to see just how pathetic we've become? Take a look at the Claremont College's April 2007 Crime and Incident Report. [The emphasis, as always, is mine.]A student reported a male pointed a gun at her as she walked by a group in a parking lot. Campus Safety and Claremont Police officers responded, and located a group of students filming a class project with unloaded BB guns. The reporting student declined to file charges, and the students were given a warning and banned from the campus. The guns were confiscated.That's right. They found out that the BB guns were unloaded and they still confiscated them.
The Claremont Independent will be running a story on guns and school police at some point during my tenure, but here's a great source for anyone who wants to know what CMC's gun policies are.“All weapons banned Claremont McKenna College specifically prohibits the possession of weapons by any employee while on College property. This ban includes keeping or transporting a weapon in a vehicle in a parking area, whether public or private. Employees are also prohibited from carrying a weapon while representing the College when off the College’s premises. Weapons include guns, knives, explosives, and other items with the potential to inflict harm. Appropriate disciplinary action, up to and including termination, will be taken against any employee who violates this policy.”
