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CSU May Ban Licensed Carry of Concealed Weapons

by | 5:12 pm, December 3, 2009 | 4 Comments

**Update: Larimer County Sheriff Responds to CSU’s Proposed Ban**

Sheriff Jim Alderden makes me proud to be a Coloradan. Here’s the lead of his letter to CSU President Tony Frank (read the entire letter here – H/T to PPC reader Jim)

As a former CSU student, former CSU police officer, chief law enforcement officer in the county , and the official responsible for issuing concealed weapons permits to the law abiding citizens of Larimer County, I feel compelled to express my concerns about the proposal to deny these same citizens the right to defend themselves on the CSU campus should the need arise. Many of the more liberal institutions of higher learning have taken a similar position and I have always been impressed that CSU has allowed the carrying of concealed weapons with the proper credentials, deferring to evidence and logic rather than an emotional response to the issue of firearms in general…

The rest of his letter is equally good and I recommend you read it and then call the Larimer County Sheriff’s office to thank Sheriff Alderden for serving the citizens and protecting our rights: 970-498-5110.

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The anti-gun bigots at CSU (that is the President’s Cabinet and Public Safety bureaucrats for anyone keeping score) want to ban licensed concealed weapon permit holders from carrying on campus. The bigots want the campus to be a gun-free zone.

Shall we review what happens when you create gun-free zones on campuses? Anyone want to talk about Columbine? How about Virginia Tech? Or Northern Illinois University? That’s right class; body counts in gun-free zones usually require at least two hands for an accurate tally. In each one of those shootings, the criminal was somehow able to carry his weapon across the invisible gun-free zone force field, even though it was against the law. How could this happen? Or, right. Because CRIMINALS BREAK LAWS! And if a criminal has decided that he’s willing to break our most sacred law and take the life of another person, do you really think he gives a damn about your gun-free zone law? Of course he doesn’t. But good guys (the law-abiding citizens with a concealed weapon permit) will follow your silly gun-free zone law – and very possibly end up in the obituaries because they were unarmed when the armed criminal shows up.

Fortunately for the students on campus, Cooper Anderson, a Junior, proposed a bill in the Student Government that would protect the right of self defense for concealed weapon permit holders. The bill passed by a resounding 21-3 vote. When asked about the bill, Cooper said,

We wrote this bill because we felt that a student should have the right to self defense on campus. We don’t believe that crime stops at a campus’ borders.

Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, great job raising that boy!

However CSU spokesman and anti-self defense advocate Brad Bohlander told 9News,

More availability and more access to weapons on a highly populated college campus can potentially lead to more negative incidents.

Yeah Bradly, that might be true if you don’t distinguish between murdering, criminal scumbags and law-abiding citizens who have been through a more thorough fingerprinting and background check than Ward Churchill did in his interview process. Saying that access to weapons by sane, law-abiding citizens with licensed permits to carry concealed weapons can lead to more negative incidents is like saying that dropping off boxes of condoms and cases of Bacardi at a convent can potentially lead to raging parties and promiscuous sex. Sure, condoms and booze could lead to a drunken sexfest – but only if those involved are inclined to participate before the party favors arrive.

Bohlander continues with his illogic when he says,

Our police can respond to an incident anywhere on the main campus within about two minutes or less, and the highly populated classrooms in about a minute.

Respond eh? What happens if a woman is sexually assaulted on campus and isn’t able to make the call for police to respond to? How long will the response time be then, Bohlander? Even if the call is made, 120 seconds is a heck of a long time. Bad guys can do a lot of bad things in 120 seconds. This isn’t a slam to police officers – most of them do a great job in their dangerous line of work. But, they’re only human. And like it or not, too often they arrive to take statements and write reports after the criminal has fled. As the saying goes, “When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.”

A decision on the magic gun-free zone force field by CSU President Tony Frank is expected sometime next year. Let’s hope the anti-self defense gun bigots don’t win this battle in turning the CSU campus into a target rich environment for bad guys.

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  1.   Prospector
      December 3rd, 2009 @ 11:49 am

    Interestingly and unusually for me, I was watching 9News last night and saw their report on the matter. They mentioned they had a related poll that was showing overwhelming support for continued concealed carry rights on the CSU campus. Oddly (OK, maybe not) when I went to the 9News website, I couldn\’t find their poll.

  2.   Jim
      December 3rd, 2009 @ 4:49 pm

    CSU may ban licensed concealed carry on campus, even though this policy has created no problems in more than six years. Help prevent this ban from happening. The CSU Board of Governors meets tomorrow in Denver to discuss the ban. Be there.

    Colorado State University System-Denver
    410 17th Street, Suite 2440
    Board of Governors Conference Room
    8:00-10:00 a.m.

  3.   Colorado Jones
      December 3rd, 2009 @ 5:49 pm

    Can we carry at the CSU Board of Governers meeting tomorrow?

  4.   Motown Mike
      December 3rd, 2009 @ 6:38 pm

    Oklahoma, where I am a faculty member, has banned concealed carry on
    campus (but the legislature may change that). But it’s okay, really. The police say they can be on the scene 5 minutes after they’re notified. I feel better…

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