Ian, Its hard to tell who is more scared, it all depends on who is making the argument. A couple years ago we had a controversy on our campus at the University of Idaho about the right to carry on campus. In Idaho you can carry anywhere you want, other than a courthouse. However, the Universities have "policies" that say no carrying on campus. Universities are state run institutions, and Idaho has preemption laws that say the state legislature is the only one allowed to legislate gun laws. Anyway, we had a public forum at the University where we all got together to discuss the issue. I found it interesting that both sides appealed to fear in their arguments. The students against conceal carry on campus said that they wouldn't feel safe knowing that people were packing guns, the students for conceal carry were saying, they didn't feel safe being disarmed on a campus where the closest law enforcement is at least ten minutes away, a lot of people could get messed up before any law enforcement showed up. One girl who was against concealed carry was from the UK, and she swore that if we were allowed to carry on campus that she would have to drop out of school. It turned into a pissing match over who was more scared. Your experience is probably derived from the fact that many people own guns because they are scared. They would be scared with or without guns, but it is the fear that drives them to purchase. So it isn't the gun that causes the fear, the gun is just a result.
On Feb 2, 9:16 am, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > 2009/2/2 Slip Disc <[email protected]> > > > > > I was staggered to see how many people actually gave away the only > > real protection they have. > > You demonstrate perfectly the great irony at play here. People who own guns, > in my experience, overwhelmingly feel less safe that those who do not own > guns. > > Single gun theory, my friend. > > Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
